To Kill a Mockingbird (chapters 1-15 review)

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Calpurnia

Gets Scout “started on the wrong foot” at school

Loves to garden

Cook and nanny

Neighborhood scold or gossip

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Alexandra

Atticus’s sister

Jem and Scout’s uncle

Jem and Scout’s cousin

Old and sick

3.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

In Scout’s eyes, what is Atticus’s worst trait?

Prejudice

Pride

Easy going

Old age

5.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Who does Atticus say is the bravest person he ever knew?

Mrs. Finch

Uncle Jack

Mrs. Dubose

Miss Maudie

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Mockingbirds first appear when Jem and Scout are learning to use:

Bicycles

Batons

Rifles

Miss Maudie's garden shears

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tim Johnson is

Miss Maudie's neighbor

A black man accused of rape

A snowman

A dog

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who tells us the story in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Atticus Finch

Jem

Scout

Boo Radley

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who intervenes in Tom Robinson's lynching and recognizes members of the lynch mob?

Atticus

Scout

Jem

The mockingbird

13.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Mr. Underwood is

The sheriff

The lawyer opposing Atticus

The mam who led the mob

The Maycomb Tribune owner and editor

15.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

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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