To Kill a Mockingbird Quizzes

To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz 1

1 The narrator of the story is _____.
Jem

Scout

Boo

Dill
2 The first chapter focuses on telling stories. This primarily serves to:
Mimic the random thoughts in Scout's mind

Make the story appealing to a younger audience

Tie each of the individual characters to their family and history

Lengthen the novel
3 Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins? (respectively)
8 and 12

6 and 10

5 and 8

9 and 13
4 What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
To allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role

To allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses

To remove moral bias from the story

All of the above
5 Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Robinson

Radley

Harris

Finch
6 Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She speaks a foreign language

She can read and write

She can outrun all the boys

She is taller than all the other children
7 The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Blame the education system for the incidents which follow in the novel

Introduce the reader to the various families, as well as their peculiarities, in Maycomb county

Denounce the segregation of blacks and whites

Show the general disrespect that children have for authority
8 How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Through college

Through the sixth grade

None

The first day of every school year
9 The Ewell family is
Highly respected in town

One of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb

Supportive of equal rights for all races

A family of both black and white people
10 Walter Cunningham surprises Scout in which of the following ways?
He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm

He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus

He pours molasses onto his food

All of the above
11 What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Pennies

Gum

both Gum and Pennies

None of the above
12 What activity do Dill, Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
They all run into the Radley yard and touch the house before fleeing

They all role tires into the yard

They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

None of the above
13 When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities, with whom does she spend more time?
Maudie Atkinson

Calpurnia

Atticus

Boo Radley
14 What do Jem, Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
He catches them once again play-acting Boo Radley stabbing his father

Jem accidentally hits the Radley house while practicing with his new gun

They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

He catches them stealing money that has been hidden in a tree in his yard
15 Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
The withdrawal of Boo Radley from society forever

The sealing off of generosity

The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

The futile attempt to prolong life by patching up deadly wounds
16 Which two characters are the "outcasts" of the novel, maligned by Maycomb society?
Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra

Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

Jem and Scout

Boo Radley and Maudie Atkinson
17 After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson, what does Scout hear at school?
Atticus is "a coward"

Atticus is "a racist"

Atticus is "an immigrant"

Atticus is "a nigger lover"
18 For Christmas, Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Gum

Puppies

Pennies

Air rifles
19 Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis calls Atticus a "nigger-lover"; how does Scout react?
She runs away

She stays silent, exactly as Atticus had ordered her to

She punches him in the mouth

She screams at him and waits until the adults arrive
20 Why does Atticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Because the Ewells are well respected in the town

Because the judge is biased

Because it is the word of a black man against a white man, and the jury will listen to the white man

Because Tom actually committed the rape, and everyone in the town knows it
21 What is the best reason for why Atticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Because he needs the money

Because he is befriended with the Robinson family

To raise a furor within the town of Maycomb

To maintain his conscience and his integrity
22 Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Tom Robinson and Boo Radley being ostracized by society

Atticus and Scout fighting communal tradition to maintain their individual identities

Both Atticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

None of the above
23 When Jem and Scout get their air guns, what does Atticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Dogs

A mockingbird

Bluebirds

Tin cans
24 Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
His role in putting down the mob that wants to lynch Tom Robinson

His status as a single father to Scout and Jem

His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

None of the above
25 Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Scout Finch

Tom Robinson

Atticus Finch

Boo Radley

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