TKaM Chpts 1-6

"Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom."
Based on the passage, what is the meaning of the word malevolent? 

• hostile
• kind
• evil-minded
• soft-spoken

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"There goes the meanest man God ever blew breath into," murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We looked at her in surprise, for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people."
Based on this passage, it can be inferred that 

• Calpurnia doesn't like Mr. Radley
• Calpurnia is white
• Calpurnia is superstitious
• Calpurnia is mean

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do Atticus' words to Scout suggest in the passage below?
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view"

• Children are meant to be quiet
• Be selfless
• Get to know a person before judging them
• Think about others before thinking of yourself

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"You Miss Scout Finch, are the common folk. You must obey the law."
Based on the passage, what is the meaning of "common folk?" 

• wealthy
• exceptional
• fair
• ordinary

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The following passage is an example of what literary device?
"If I hear another sound from this room I'll burn up everybody in it."

• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of chapter 6? 

• Dill, Jem, and Scout were playing strip poker late at night.
• Atticus threatens to hit his kids.
• Jem's pants get stuck under a fence.
• Nobody in Maycomb just went for a walk.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What can you infer from the statements below?
"I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them so."                                  
"I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out and sweep the porch..."

• Scout is playing the women characters.
• Gender stereotypes in Maycomb are very strong.
• Jem and Scout are very close.
• Scout is left out from playing with Dill and Jem because she is the only girl.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

Which definition best fits the word parceled as it is used in the sentence below?
"Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out and sweep the porch. Dill was old Mr. Radley: he walked up and down the sidewalk and coughed when Jem spoke to him."

• distributed
• packaged
• imagined
• summarized

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The following passage is an example of what literary device? 
"He said he was trying to get Miss Maudie's goat, that he had been trying unsuccessfully for forty years, that he was the last person in the world Miss Maudie would think about marrying but the first she thought about teasing..."

• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author uses the following literary term in the passage below
"Jem's whit shirt-tail dipped and bobbed like a small ghost dancing away to escape the coming morning." 

• hyperbole
• simile
• idiom
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3