To Kill A Mockingbird Test

Answer each question with the option from the word bank that best completes the sentence. Take care to write it EXACTLY as spelled in the word bank - capitalization and everything! 1. Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter Mayella Ewell2. An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches Mrs. Dubose3. Scout and Jem's father, a lawyer in Maycomb Atticus Finch4. A recluse who never sets foot outside his house Boo Radley5. The narrator and protagonist of the story Scout Finch6. A drunken, mostly unemployed member of maycomb's poorest family Bob Ewell7. The Finches' black cook Calpurnia8. The Finches' neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family Maudie Atkinson9. Jem and Scout's summer neighbor and friend Dill10. Tom Robinson's employer Link Deas11. The sheriff of Maycomb Heck Tate12. The black field hand accused of rape Tom Robinson13. Scout's brother and constant playmate Jem14. Aunt of Jem and Scout and sister to Atticus Alexandra15. The publisher of Maycomb's Newspaper Mr. Underwood The setting of the novel is: Arkansas - 1940s Mississippi - 1950s California - 1960s Alabama - 1930s Most of the people of the town of Maycomb: are prejudiced and superstitious are poor, but happy stand together to help Negroes are friendly and non-judgemental When Scout and Jem meet Charles Baker Harris, they: challenge him to a duel have a spitting contest are not impressed with him even though he can read become angry and leave immediately How did Jem really lose his pants? Bo Radley stole them Miss Maudie took them to mend without telling him He took them off to free himself from the fence He was playing strip poker and lost What do the children call the pretend game they play? Boo Radley Scissors and Double Mint One Man's Family We Love Pecans Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? They are a sacrifice They are a state bird of Alabama They're so much like humans They don't bother anybody What do the gifts found in the tree symbolize to Jem and Scout? Boo needs help escaping Boo Radley wants to be friends Dill is back in Maycomb for the summer Mr. Avery is cleaning out the neighborhood Jem destroys Mrs. Dubose's camellias because: She reported him for skipping school She told them they were bad She never let the kids go by without yelling She called Atticus a "n-word" lover An important lesson Atticus teaches Scout is: Keep your promises, no matter how small they are you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind That, above all, you must be proud of your family name Why is "lining" done at Calpurnia's church? Because many are not literate Because the prayers are too difficult to memorize Because many like to stay for the food Because the kids are too loud What does Scout learn about Calpurnia when the Finch children attend her church? Sh has an illness that she hasn't told the Finches about She doesn't really like gong to church but is expected to attend She acts differently depending on the people she's around She originally came from Georgia Why does Dill run away from home - back to Maycomb: He hated his foster home He didn't feel like his parents wanted him He wanted to testify on behalf of Tom Robinson Boo needed him What do Dill and Scout learn from Mr. Dolphus Raymond, the white man who has mixed children and a black mistress? Crime doesn't pay Some people never learn Mobs don't solve anything People aren't always as they appear to be Why did Tom Robinson say he went into Mayella Ewell's house? To clean a stove To bust up a chiffarobe To fix the door She offered him dinner The Ewells: live on the edge of the town dump don't live by the same rules as the rest of the town have a poor reputation all of the above According to the testimony given by Tom Robinson, what happened with Mayella? Mayella tried to kiss him He had been dating Mayella for over a year She tried to defend herself from him She asked him to help find the children What TWO things died Atticus prove about the case of Mayella Ewell's rape? THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS. Tom Robinson could not have raped Mayella because he was too nice Tom Robinson was wrong to have gone there, but he was truly innocent Mayella was crazy and should be locked up There was no medical evidence proving she was raped, and she was beaten by a left-handed man In his final argument before the jury, Atticus says there is one human institution which makes us all equal, and that is a: family court church hospital After the trial, when Atticus walked out: Those in the balony stood up to show support Jem and Scout ran home so as not to get caught The blacks sent food to the house to give thanks Tom Robinson was shot to death The jury found Tom Robinson: Guilty of murder Guilty of rape Not guilty on all counts Guilty of assault Why does Jem cry after the trial? People were making fun of Atticus He was punished by Aunt Alexandra He was shocked by the injustice of the jury He thought all Maycombians were racist How did Bob Ewell die? He fell on his knife Boo stabbed Bob with his knife Bob stabbed himself intentionally Jem stabbed Bob in self-defense Scout's costume in the Halloween pageant is a: Ghost Ham Pumpkin Turkey leg How does Jem break his elbow? Falling out of Boo's tree Fighting with Boo Radley Getting attacked by Bob Ewell Playing football In chapter five, what does Miss Maudie's nutgrass symbolize? Look at page 56: "She loved everything that grew in Gods earth, even the weeds. With one exception. If she found a blade of nutgrass it was like the Second Battle of the Marne: she swooped down upon it with a tin tub and subjected it to blasts from beneath with a poisonous substance she said was so powerful it'd kill us all if we stand out of the way" AND "...one sprig of nutgrass can ruin a whole yard!" Racism - how it grows up from the roots and spreads Innocence - how it doesn't do harm to anyone Mob Mentality - madness spreading in a group Greed - too much of one thing corrupts In chapter ten, the mockingbird is used to symbolize: (Look at page 119) "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why its a sin to kill a mockingbird." Racism - how it grows up from the roots and spreads Innocence - how it doesn't do harm to anyone Mob Mentality - madness spreading in a group Greed - too much of one thing corrupts USE GOOGLE TO HELP WITH THIS QUESTION:Harper Lee, author of To Kill Mockingbird: published only one book in her lifetime won a Pulitzer Prize grew up in Los Angeles both A and B What character in the book do you relate to the most? Why?