The Big, Bad, In-Your-Face-Disgrace, To Kill a Mockingbird test

1. The narrator of the story is _____

1. Dill
2. Scout
3. Jem
4. Boo

2. What is the reason for the author’s choice of a young narrator?
1. to remove moral bias from the story
2. to allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role
3. to allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses
4. all of the above

3. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins? (respectively)
1. 5 and 8
2. 6 and 10
3. 8 and 12
4. 9 and 13

4. The first chapter focuses on telling stories. This primarily serves to:
1. mimic the random thoughts in Scout’s mind
2. tie each of the individual characters to their family and history
3. lengthen the novel
4. make the story more appealing to a younger audience

5. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family’s house?
1. Finch
2. Robinson
3. Radley
4. Harris

6. What activity do Dill, Scout, and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
1. they all run into the Radley yard and touch the house before fleeing
2. they all roll tires into the yard
3. they all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
4. none of the above

7. What do Jem, Dill, and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
1. they sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
2. he catches them once again play-acting Boo Radley stabbing his father
3. Jem accidentally hits the Radley house while practicing with his new gun
4. He catches them stealing money that has been hidden in a tree in his yard

8. What items do Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley’s front yard?
1. both gum and pennies
2. pennies
3. gum
4. none of the above

9. What do Dill, Scout, and Jem use to put the note into Boo’s window?
1. Stick
2. Rock
3. Fishing pole
4. Calpurnia’s yard stick

10. Mr. Radley’s plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
1. the futile attempt to prolong life by patching up deadly wounds
2. the sealing off of generosity
3. the loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
4. the withdrawal of Boo Radley from society forever
11. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout in which of the following ways?
1. he pours molasses onto his food
2. he failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
3. he discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus
4. all of the above

12. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
1. she is taller than all the other children
2. she can read and write
3. she speaks a foreign language
4. she can outrun all the boys

13. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
1. show the general disrespect that children have for authority
2. blame the education system for the incidents which follow in the novel
3. introduce the reader to the various families, as well as their peculiarities, in Maycomb county
4. denounce the segregation of blacks and whites

14. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
1. through the sixth grade
2. none
3. through college
4. the first day of every school year

15. The Ewell family is
1. highly respected in town
2. supportive of equal rights for all races
3. one of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb
4. a family of both black and white people

16. How does Dill customarily eat?
1. with his mouth open
2. in the left side of his mouth
3. with his hands
4. with his back teeth
5. with his front teeth

17. Mr. Dolphus Raymond gave Dill a drink of what to settle his stomach?
1. Whiskey
2. Coca-cola
3. Root beer
4. Water

18. Jem and _____, went to the house of horrors on Halloween.
1. Jacob
2. Cecil
3. Scout
4. Dill

19. When Jem and Scout made a snowman who did they first intend to make it look like?
1. Calpurnia
2. Miss Maudie
3. Mr. Avery
4. Stephanie Crawford

20. What sport did Jem like most?
1. Baseball
2. Soccer
3. Football
4. Basketball

21. What does Scout think when she sees it snowing outside?
1. the sky is falling
2. it’s snowing
3. Santa Claus is here
4. The world is coming to an end

22. Whose house caught on fire?
1. Mrs. Dubose’s
2. Mrs. Maudie’s
3. Calpurnia’s
4. The Finches’

23. When Jem and Scout get their air guns, what does Atticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
1. tin cans
2. dogs
3. a mockingbird
4. bluebirds

24. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities, with whom does she spend more time?
1. Atticus
2. Maudie Atkinson
3. Boo Radley
4. Calpurnia

25. Atticus’ role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
1. his status as a single father to Scout and Jem
2. his role in putting down the mob that wants to lynch Tom Robinson
3. his role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
4. none of the above

26. What was the name of the mad dog Atticus shot?
1. Tim Johnson
2. Tom Robinson
3. Rover
4. Scout

27. Why do you think Atticus never used a gun unless necessary?
1. he felt uncertain of himself
2. he wasn’t a good shot
3. he felt he had an unfair advantage
4. his eyes were too bad to shoot

28. Mrs. DuBose was a sweet old lady who often made little cakes for the children.
1. True
2. False

29. Mayella Ewell said that Tom Robinson
1. raped her
2. strangled her
3. beat her
4. all of the above

30. What kind of flowers did Mayella grow?
1. Geraniums
2. Chrysanthemums
3. Fuschias
4. Primroses

31. After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson, what does Scout hear at school?
1. Atticus is “an immigrant.”
2. Atticus is “a nigger lover.”
3. Atticus is “a coward.”
4. Atticus is “a racist.”

32. Aunt Alexandra’s grandson Francis calls Atticus a “nigger-lover”; how does Scout react?
1. she punches him in the mouth
2. she screams at him and waits until the adults arrive
3. she runs away
4. she stays silent, exactly as Atticus had ordered her to

33. Why does Atticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
1. because the Ewells are well respected in the town
2. because Tom actually committed the rape, and everyone in the town knows it
3. because the judge is biased
4. because it is the word of a black man against a white man, and the jury will listen to the white man

34. What is the best reason for why Atticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
1. to maintain his conscience and his integrity
2. because he needs the money
3. because he is befriended with the Robinson family
4. to raise a furor within the town of Maycomb

35. Who was Mr. Ewell bothering?
1. Aunt Alexandra
2. Helen Robinson
3. Dill
4. The Radleys

36. Why did Jem cry during the trial of Tom Robinson?
1. Someone was punching him
2. Had something in his eye
3. Felt it wasn’t fair
4. Got a sliver in his toe

37. Who was the man that sat with Jem and Scout in the court room?
1. Reverend Sykes
2. Mr. Ewell
3. Atticus
4. Mr. Tate

38. Atticus said that in _____, all men are treated equally.
1. your own house
2. a court
3. school
4. society
39. How did Mr. Tom Robinson’s left hand become handi-capped?
1. He was thrown out of a tractor and his arm was run over
2. He got it stuck in a cotton gin
3. It was cut in a street fight and never healed correctly
4. He was born that way

40. Which two characters are the “outcasts” of the novel, maligned by Maycomb society?
1. Jem and Scout
2. Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra
3. Boo Radley and Maudie Atkinson
4. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

41. Who tried to scare Jem and Scout before the pageant?
1. Bob
2. Dill
3. Walter
4. Cecil

42. What was Scout dressed up as to go to the pageant?

A. Turkey

B. An apple

C. a ham

D. piece of bacon

43. Why did Scout miss her cue?
1. talking with someone else and didn’t hear it
2. couldn’t hear inside her costume
3. fell asleep
4. none of the above

44. Who followed Scout and Jem home after the pageant?
1. Arthur Radley
2. Nathan Radley
3. Atticus Finch
4. Bob Ewell

45. Jem was how old when his arm was broken?
1. 15
2. 12
3. 13
4. 14
46. How did Jem break his arm?
1. fell out of a tree
2. fell out of a two story window
3. a man broke his arm
4. fell off a bicycle

47. Who got stabbed with a kitchen knife?
1. Bob Ewell
2. Jem
3. Atticus
4. Heck Tate

48. Who saved Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell?
1. Nathan Radley
2. Atticus
3. Tom Robinson
4. Arthur Radley

49. Who carried Jem back to the house after he was hurt?
1. Arthur Radley
2. Nathan Radley
3. Atticus Finch
4. Bob Ewell

50. Who did Atticus think killed Bob Ewell?
1. Boo Radley
2. Scout
3. Jem
4. Tom

51. How was Bob Ewell killed?
1. hit his head on the ground
2. Boo squeezed him to death
3. Scout got hold of a knife and stabbed him
4. He stumbled, fell and landed on a knife
5. None of the above

52. Who did Scout find under her bed?
1. Boo Radley
2. Bob Ewell
3. Dill
4. A cat

53. Was Boo Radley considered to be a “mockingbird?”
1. True
2. False

54. Mr. Radley liked to say, “If you can stand in someone else’s shoes for a minute, it helps in understanding them.”
1. True
2. False

55. Who was Mr. Tate talking about when he said, “taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight to me, that is a sin.”
1. Atticus
2. Arthur
3. Bob
4. Jem

56. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
1. Tom Robinson
2. Atticus Finch
3. Boo Radley
4. Scout Finch