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English
8th -
9thgrade
To Kill a Mockingbird (chapters 1-15 review)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Calpurnia
Gets Scout “started on the wrong foot” at school
Loves to garden
Cook and nanny
Neighborhood scold or gossip
- 2. Multiple Choice
Alexandra
Atticus’s sister
Jem and Scout’s uncle
Jem and Scout’s cousin
Old and sick
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why does Scout consider fighting Cecil Jacobs at school?
Cecil tells the teacher that Scout cheated on her homework.
Scout is defending Jem.
Cecil tries to steal Scout’s lunch money.
Cecil announces that Scout’s father is defending a black man.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In Scout’s eyes, what is Atticus’s worst trait?
Prejudice
Pride
Easy going
Old age
- 5. Multiple Choice
How does Jem get revenge on Mrs. Dubose?
He destroys her yard with a baton.
He calls her names.
He throws eggs at her house in the middle of the night.
He spreads a rumor about Mr. Avery and her.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who does Atticus say is the bravest person he ever knew?
Mrs. Finch
Uncle Jack
Mrs. Dubose
Miss Maudie
- 7. Multiple Choice
A reference to the title is made in chapter 10. Why does Miss Maudie say it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Mockingbirds are very small.
Mockingbirds are innocent.
Mockingbirds are the state bird of Alabama.
Mockingbirds symbolize Maycomb’s citizens.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who said, "It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves."?
Scout
Atticus
Boo
Calpurnia
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mockingbirds first appear when Jem and Scout are learning to use:
Bicycles
Batons
Rifles
Miss Maudie's garden shears
- 10. Multiple Choice
Tim Johnson is
Miss Maudie's neighbor
A black man accused of rape
A snowman
A dog
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who tells us the story in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Atticus Finch
Jem
Scout
Boo Radley
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who intervenes in Tom Robinson's lynching and recognizes members of the lynch mob?
Atticus
Scout
Jem
The mockingbird
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is one of Dill's prominent characteristics?
He's a lonely child and never talks to others.
He likes to make up wild stories about himself and his family.
He's extremely introverted; it takes a long time for Jem to get him to talk.
He's gets very irate at times.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Mr. Underwood is
The sheriff
The lawyer opposing Atticus
The mam who led the mob
The Maycomb Tribune owner and editor
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why can't Jem and Scout thank the person leaving them gifts in the knot hole?
They don't know who it is.
It's filled with cement.
Atticus catches them trying to send him a letter.
Aunt Alexandra puts her foot down.
- 16. Multiple Choice
In chapter 8, why does Atticus wake up Jem and Scout in the middle of the night?
Miss Maudie's house is on fire.
It's snowing.
Mrs. Dubose has died.
There is a mob in front of the house.
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