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Chapter 1

1. Who comes up with the idea of making Boo Radley come out?
   1. Jem
   2. Dill
   3. Scout
   4. Atticus

2. In what state is the story set?
   1. Texas
   2. Georgia
   3. Virginia
   4. Alabama

3. What happened to Atticus' first two clients?
   1. They were released.
   2. They were executed.
   3. They were imprisoned for life.

4. Who financially supported Uncle Jack (Jack is a nickname for John) as he went through medical school?
   1. Alexandra
   2. Atticus
   3. his wife
   4. his father

5. In what town is the story set?
   1. Mobile
   2. Maycomb
   3. Atlanta
   4. Peoria

6. Which of the following is not true about Calpurnia?
   1. She is the children's mother figure.
   2. She is their cook and housekeeper.
   3. She disciplines the children.
   4. She is stricter than Atticus would like her to be.

7. What is Dill's real name?
   1. Richard William Davis
   2. Charles Baker Harris
   3. Henry David Hollingsworth

8. Which is not true about Dill?
   1. He is four years old.
   2. He is small for his age.
   3. He is spending time with his aunt, Rachel Haverford.
   4. He has seen many more movies than Jem and Scout.

9. How do the children often pass the time?
   1. They act out stories from movies and books.
   2. They do volunteer work at the hospital.
   3. They play pranks on the neighbors, especially Mrs. Dubose.

10. Even before the incident, the Radleys were different from the other townspeople because they kept to themselves.
    1. True
    2. False

11. When the boys got arrested, which of the following things had they not done?
    1. driven backwards around the town square
    2. locked the beadle (policeman) in the outhouse
    3. cursed
    4. stolen the statue of the rooster

12. Mr. Radley had kept his son Arthur (nicknamed Boo) in the house for __________ years when Boo stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.
    1. six
    2. nine
    3. 12
    4. 15
    5. 18

13. At the end of Chapter 1, who touches the Radley house on a dare?
    1. Jem
    2. Dill
    3. Scout
    4. Walter

14. Read the last paragraph of Chapter 1. What does it imply?
    1. No one is home.
    2. Someone inside is watching them.
    3. Someone inside has a gun.

Chapter 2

15. Why won't Walter Cunningham take the money that Miss Caroline is trying to lend him?
    1. He is very poor and can't pay it back; he won't take charity.
    2. His family hates her family, so he can't take anything from her.
    3. He has planned to go home for lunch with Scout and Jem.
    4. He has sneaked away from the farm to come to school.

16. Which of the following is not a problem that Miss Caroline is having?
    1. She is not from the area and does not understand the people.
    2. Because this is her first day of her first teaching job, she doesn't have the experience to handle these problems.
    3. She cries as the children go to lunch.
    4. She is upset because her fiancé jilted her.

Chapter 3

17. The children take Walter home with them for lunch. How does Scout get into trouble with Calpurnia?
    1. She slaps him.
    2. She criticizes the way Walter eats.
    3. She makes fun of him for having failed first grade before.

18. During the afternoon crisis, who acts like a perfect gentleman?
    1. Burris Ewell
    2. Little Chuck Little
    3. Walter Cunningham
    4. Joe Jackson

19. Which of the following does not describe Burris Ewell?
    1. He is so filthy that his hands look rusty and his neck is gray.
    2. He has lice.
    3. This is his third year to be in first grade.
    4. He is extremely rude and disrespectful to the teacher.
    5. His father is dead and he has several siblings.

Chapter 4

20. What does Jem think a "Hot Steam" is?
    1. a ghost
    2. a wild animal
    3. a lost angel

21. For what purpose does the author include this?
    1. to show their superstitions
    2. to make a point about the afterlife

22. What new game do they begin to play?
    1. Tarzan
    2. Dracula
    3. the Radleys' life
    4. Frankenstein

23. Why does Scout want to quit this game?
    1. She is bored with it.
    2. She thinks it is rude.
    3. She is afraid Boo is watching them.
    4. She wants to play Superman instead.

Chapter 5

24. What is Miss Maudie's passion?
    1. her cooking
    2. her garden
    3. her friendship with Miss Stephanie

25. Which is not true about Miss Maudie?
    1. She accepts the children for what they are.
    2. She knows the Bible well.
    3. She does not allow the children to play in her yard.

26. What are the children trying to do when Atticus catches them and tells them not to do it anymore?
    1. give a note to Boo
    2. take a pie that Miss Rachel just baked
    3. get some of Miss Maudie's scuppernongs (a kind of fruit)

Chapter 6

27. On Dill's last night in Maycomb for the summer, where do he and Jem decide to go?
    1. Mr. Avery's
    2. Mrs. Dubose's
    3. the Radleys'
    4. the school

28. Their purpose is to spy on whom?
    1. Boo
    2. Miss Caroline
    3. Mr. Avery
    4. Mrs. Dubose's maid, Jessie

29. As Jem is trying to look in the window, they see a shadow reach out. It is Boo's shadow. Remember this because it foreshadows something that happens later. Which does not happen as the children run through the garden?
    1. They make noise as they run through the collards.
    2. Scout trips and falls.
    3. Dill begins to cry.
    4. Mr. Radley fires his shotgun.
    5. Jem's pants get caught on the wire fence, so he leaves them.

30. What lie do the boys tell to get out of trouble?
    1. They had been swimming in Miss Rachel's fishpond.
    2. They had been sleeping and did not have time to get completely dressed.
    3. They had been playing strip poker.

Chapter 7

31. Which of the following does Jem not tell Scout in reference to the night they went to the Radley house?
    1. Someone had untangled his pants and folded them over the fence.
    2. Someone had mended the tear in the pants.
    3. Someone seemed to know what Jem was thinking.
    4. Someone had left a package of gum in the pocket of his pants.

32. What is the significance of the soap carvings?
    1. They show that the person who made them knows the children very well.
    2. They indicate that the carver has a great deal of artistic skill.
    3. They show that the carver has enough money to waste good soap.

33. Who has been leaving these gifts for the children?
    1. Mrs. Dubose
    2. Mr. Avery
    3. Miss Maudie
    4. Boo Radley

34. What is the real reason that Mr. Nathan fills up the knothole with cement?
    1. He wants to stop his brother from having any contact with the children because he doesn't want Boo to have any fun.
    2. The tree is dying and the hole needs filling.
    3. He has nothing better to do.

Chapter 8

35. What does Scout see that she had never before seen?
    1. one hundred dollars
    2. a rattlesnake
    3. snow
    4. a book of love poems

36. The children make a snowman that looks so much like __________ that they have to disguise it.
    1. Boo Radley
    2. Mr. Avery
    3. Mrs. Dubose
    4. Miss Rachel
    5. Atticus

Chapter 9

37. Why is Atticus defending Tom Robinson?
    1. Atticus needs the money that this case will bring.
    2. He wants to become well known so he can run for the legislature.
    3. He could not respect himself if he didn't.

38. What does Scout like best about going to Finch's Landing for Christmas?
    1. playing with her cousin Francis
    2. spending time with Aunt Alexandra
    3. fishing with Uncle Jimmy
    4. the food

39. What do Jem and Scout really want for Christmas?
    1. air rifles
    2. musical instruments
    3. roller skates
    4. baseball mitts

40. Why does Scout fight with Francis?
    1. He is insulting her.
    2. He is insulting Atticus.
    3. He broke her new gift.

41. Why does Uncle Jack spank Scout?
    1. She has been fighting.
    2. She has been lying.
    3. She has been cursing.

42. What is the purpose of this chapter?
    1. It is to show how difficult the coming months will be for the children.
    2. It is to show how typical their family is.
    3. It is to show that Scout is growing up.

Chapter 10

43. We get a clue about the title of the book early in this chapter when Atticus tells the children it is a sin to kill a mockingbird and Miss Maudie explains. Which of the following is not a reason that it is wrong to kill a mockingbird?
    1. They make music for us.
    2. They don't eat the vegetables growing in people's gardens.
    3. They don't nest in corncribs.
    4. They pollinate plants.

44. What do the children discover about Atticus?
    1. He is the best shot in the county.
    2. He is dating Miss Maudie.
    3. He is a friend of Sheriff Tate's.

45. What is the major point of the chapter?
    1. The children discover the sheriff's secret.
    2. Calpurnia's anger shows.
    3. The children gain more respect for their father.

Chapter 11

46. Which of the following is not true about Mrs. Dubose?
    1. She is mean.
    2. She is addicted to morphine.
    3. She has an illness, probably cancer.
    4. She is old.
    5. She is poverty-stricken.

47. Which of the following does Jem not have to do to atone for his behavior?
    1. read to her every afternoon
    2. clean up her yard
    3. replant the flowers
    4. pay for the damage

48. What does Atticus want Jem to learn from all of this?
    1. how to take responsibility for his actions
    2. what real courage is
    3. how to work hard

Chapter 12

49. How does Calpurnia feel about the children?
    1. She loves the children as if they are her own.
    2. She tolerates them because she needs the job.
    3. She likes them fairly well but wishes they were better behaved.

50. Which of the following is not a purpose of the church scene?
    1. It gives us a little more information about the Robinson family.
    2. It shows the prejudice that some African Americans have against whites.
    3. It shows that, because of lack of opportunity, most of the African Americans in Maycomb are uneducated and cannot read.
    4. It indicates that Calpurnia is regarded as an outcast in the African American community.

51. Years ago Miss Maudie's aunt and the children's grandfather had done what for Calpurnia?
    1. taken her to Washington, D.C.
    2. introduced her to the man she later married
    3. given her the opportunity to learn to read

Chapter 13

52. For what reason has Aunt Alexandra come to visit?
    1. She and Uncle Jimmy are getting a divorce.
    2. She thinks Scout needs some feminine influence.
    3. She has gotten bored at Finch's Landing.
    4. Atticus wants the children to work on their social skills.

53. Which is not true about Aunt Alexandra?
    1. She believes that families have different "streaks" that run in them.
    2. She emphasizes the importance of knowing about one's family.
    3. She thinks proper manners are very important.
    4. She wants Scout to return to Finch's Landing with her.

Chapter 14

54. What does Alexandra not want Scout to do?
    1. go visit Calpurnia at her house
    2. play in Miss Maudie's yard
    3. sleep on the porch during hot weather

55. What is under Scout's bed?
    1. a snake
    2. a lizard
    3. Dill

56. Why does Dill run away?
    1. His mother has married and he feels unwanted.
    2. His mother won't buy him a toy he wants.
    3. His stepfather has been abusing him.

Chapter 15

57. What seems to be the view of the men in the yard?
    1. They think Atticus is wrong to defend Tom Robinson.
    2. They respect his decision to defend Tom.

58. What do the men from the country intend to do to Tom?
    1. move him to another jail
    2. kill him
    3. talk to him and find out the truth

59. How does Scout save her father and Tom from harm or even death?
    1. She runs for Sheriff Tate.
    2. She kicks one of the men in the mob.
    3. She tells them that they will have to hurt her and the boys and that they can't get away with it.
    4. She talks to Walter Cunningham, Sr., and makes him feel ashamed that he is involved in hurting Atticus, a man who has befriended him.

60. Who is watching the whole scene unfold and is prepared to protect Tom and Atticus?
    1. Sheriff Tate
    2. Mr. Underwood
    3. Mr. Donaldson
    4. the clerk at the store, Henry Jackson

61. Which of the following is not a major idea of this chapter?
    1. Atticus' willingness to do what is right instead of what is popular
    2. Jem's love for and protection of his father
    3. the way people sometimes let an unreasonable prejudice control their actions
    4. Dill's hunger for attention

Chapter 16

62. What is the irony regarding Mr. Underwood?
    1. He is quite prejudiced against African Americans, but is willing to shoot white men to save Tom Robinson from being lynched.
    2. He is a newspaper editor and reporter.
    3. He is married to Walter Cunningham's sister.

63. What is the point of the conversation between the old men who hang around the courthouse as they discuss Atticus' defense of Tom Robinson?
    1. They are glad that Tom is going to get a fair trial.
    2. They are relieved that the trial is being held in Maycomb.
    3. They would prefer that the trial be held in Mobile.
    4. They would prefer that Atticus make a half-hearted effort to defend Tom.

64. With whom do the children sit?
    1. Mr. Underwood
    2. Reverend Sykes and the African American people
    3. behind the post in the middle of the courtroom so that Atticus won't see them
    4. in the hallway where they can hear but not be seen

Chapter 17

65. What point does Atticus try to make as he questions Heck Tate?
    1. Anyone, not just Tom, could have beaten Mayella because the Ewell house is so isolated.
    2. Since no doctor was called, there is no medical evidence that Mayella was raped.
    3. Heck should have gotten a warrant before he went to Tom's house.

66. We met Mayella's younger brother Burris Ewell on Scout's first day of school. Think back to the way he looked and the disrespectful way he treated the teacher. Now look at the paragraph that begins with, "Maycomb's Ewells lived behind the town..." and determine what the author thinks about the Ewells.
    1. They are to be pitied because of their low educational level and their lack of opportunity.
    2. They are to be admired for their resourcefulness.
    3. They are trashy people.

67. Find the paragraph that begins, "One corner of the yard, though, bewildered Maycomb." What has Mayella done in an attempt to bring some beauty into her life?
    1. used old slop jars as planters for red geraniums
    2. painted the door of the house blue
    3. made curtains for the front windows

68. During Bob Ewell's testimony, which of the following do we not discover about him?
    1. He is racially prejudiced.
    2. He sincerely cares about his daughter's welfare.
    3. He has no ideas of the proper way to behave in civilized society.
    4. He insults his dead wife by making a joke questioning whether he is Mayella's real father.

69. As Atticus cross-examines Bob, which of the following do we not find out about him?
    1. He has never called a doctor for a family member in his life.
    2. He was unwilling to spend five dollars on Mayella.
    3. He is left-handed.
    4. He does not work for a living.
    5. He is uncomfortable on the stand, but he tries to appear as if he is cooperating with Atticus.

Chapter 18

70. According to Mayella's testimony, which of the following did not happen?
    1. She asked Tom Robinson to chop up an old chiffarobe so that she could use it for firewood.
    2. Tom followed her into the house.
    3. She fought back, but Tom raped her.
    4. She was afraid that Tom would kill her.

71. When Mayella testifies that she regained consciousness to find her father standing over her asking who had hurt her, she is contradicting her father's testimony that he saw who it was when he ran into the room. Which of the following does this not indicate?
    1. She and her father must be lying.
    2. She is not very intelligent.
    3. She is simply confused.

72. As Atticus cross-examines Mayella, which of the following do we not discover?
    1. She went to school for only two or three years.
    2. She has no friends.
    3. She has six siblings.
    4. Bob Ewell spends most of his welfare check on alcohol.
    5. Mayella is lying about the rape.

73. Find the paragraph that begins, "That's okay. He won't tell Atticus...." Which of the following do we not learn in this paragraph?
    1. Mr. Gilmer, the prosecuting attorney, is not doing his best to convict Tom.
    2. Judge Taylor is a good judge.
    3. Atticus and Judge Taylor normally do not get along very well.

Predictions

74. What will happen to Mayella?

75. What will happen to Tom?

76. What will happen to Mr. Ewell?

77. How will the African American population feel about Atticus at the end of the trial?

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