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- 1. Multiple Choice
What happened to the narrator’s brother, Jem, when he was about thirteen years old?
He broke his leg.
He broke his arm.
He broke his collarbone.
He suffered a broken heart.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The narrator states, “When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.” In this context, the word assuaged most closely means
increased
made fun of
intensified
relieved
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who narrates To Kill A Mockingbird?
Jem Finch
Scout Finch
Atticus Finch
Harper Lee
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who is Atticus Finch?
The narrator
The narrator's friend
The narrator's father
The town mayor
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is Atticus Finch’s profession?
Doctor
Lawyer
Teacher
Sheriff
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Finch family
is new to Maycomb, Alabama
is related to most other “old” families and is highly respected
lives in poverty and is disrespected in town
includes a scary, reclusive man who never leaves the house
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is Calpurnia?
The Finch's cook
The Finch's neighbor
The Finch's enemy
The narrator's teacher
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who is the small boy Jem and the narrator become friends with?
Chuck
Boo
Dill
Radley
- 9. Multiple Choice
The narrator tells us that, “Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.” This sentence is an example of ______ and means:
personification; ladies were lazy in Maycomb
simile; summer weather was incredibly hot in Maycomb
irony; the people of Maycomb were dirty
metaphor; women in Maycomb slept late and did not work
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following adjectives best describes Miss Stephanie Crawford?
religious
gossiper
melancholy
adventurous
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who is Jean Louise Finch?
The narrator's mother
Scout's best friend
Scout's teacher
Scout's real name
- 12. Multiple Choice
Scout says of Atticus, “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.” This phrase (courteous detachment) is an example of _______________ and means
oxymoron; Atticus loves his children
personification; Atticus does not enjoy children
paradox; Atticus is a distant, reserved father
Both A and C
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Radley place attracts the children because
Mrs. Radley bakes sweets and feeds the neighborhood children frequently
The Radleys are rich and have nice toys to play with
Mystery surrounds the house and the family due to rumors of a “phantom” living inside
The house is abandoned and the children like to throw rocks at the house’s windows
- 14. Multiple Choice
In chapter two, how does Scout feel about starting school?
nervous
terrified
excited
indifferent
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Radleys are different than other families in Maycomb because
they keep to themselves
they give large dinner parties
they own slaves
their house was a mansion compared to the other houses in town
- 16. Multiple Choice
According to town gossip, when Arthur Radley got into trouble, his father
beat him nearly to death
kept him home and out of sight for fifteen years
allowed Arthur to attend a reformatory school
killed him
- 17. Multiple Choice
Nathan Radley became
Scout’s and Jem’s best friend.
a recluse.
his brother’s caretaker after old Mr. Radley died.
a ward of the state who lived in the basement of the jail.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a conflict that arises between Scout and Miss Caroline?
Scout understands the people of the town better than Miss Caroline, who is an outsider.
Scout thinks she’s smarter than Miss Caroline.
Miss Caroline is jealous of Scout’s wealth.
Scout is jealous of Ms. Caroline’s wealth.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Miss Caroline is upset with Scout on the first day of school because
Scout has lice.
Scout can read and write.
She feels Scout’s father has interfered with her teaching
Both B & C
- 20. Multiple Choice
Walter Cunningham has no shoes and no lunch, but he does have all of the following except
fierce pride
ringworm
a quarter
clean clothes
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