To Kill a Mockingbird
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Question 1
Jem and Scout's respect for their father is greatly increased when he:
A.collects a large fee from a client
B.argues with Mrs. Dubose
C.shoots a mad dog
D.stops a burglar
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Question 2
Atticus receives payment from Mr. Cunningham as:
A.hickory nuts and stove wood
B.two bales of cotton
C.one dollar and a bushel of corn
D.chores around their property
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Question 3
The person who saves Jem from Mr. Ewell is:
A.Mr. Cunningham
B.Sheriff Heck Tate
C.Boo Radley
D.Atticus Finch
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Question 4
Who covers Scout with a blanket outside Miss Maudie's burning house?
A.Boo Radley
B.Calpurnia
C.Dolphus Raymond
D.Jem
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Question 5
What strikes Scout after the classroom discussion on Adolph Hitler and his treatment of the Jews?
A.The hypocrisy of Maycomb’s residents
B.The futility of war
C.The leadership qualities of Hitler
D.The evil in man
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Question 6
Mrs. Dubose punishes Jem because he:
A.takes her glasses.
B.steals her books.
C.eats her cake.
D.destroys her camellias.
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Question 7
In his editorial in The Maycomb Tribune, Mr. Underwood likens Tom Robinson’s death to:
A.the slaughter of songbirds.
B.the falling of a tree.
C.the killing of a mad dog.
D.setting a house on fire.
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Question 8
Dill started crying in the courtroom because the crowds and the heat were suffocating him.
A.True
B.False
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Question 9
During the trial Mayella Ewell testifies she asked Tom onto the Ewell property to help her:
A.break up an old dresser
B.watch her seven siblings
C.cut down a tree
D.look at a broken tractor
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Question 10
What does Mrs. Dubose require Jem to do for her every day after school?
A.water her Camellia bushes
B. bring in her mail
C.read to her
D.bring in her meals
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Question 11
Who does Scout recognize during the encounter with the mob outside of the jail?
A.Tom Robinson
B. Mr. Underwood
C.Mr. Gilmer
D. Mr. Cunningham
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Question 12
Match the characters with their dialogues in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Match Term Definition
Heck Tate---------------------- A) Let the dead bury the dead
Dill --------------------------------B)There’s nothing more sickening to me than a low
Atticus Finch ----------------C) If your father’s anything, he’s civilized in his heart.
Miss Maudie Atkinson----------------------- D) Well I’m gonna be a new kind of clown. I’m gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.
Question 13
At the conclusion of the novel, what has happened to Tom Robinson?
A.he’s in the county jail
B.he has been acquitted
C.he is awaiting an appeal
D.he is shot trying to escape