TKM Chapters 1-6 review game

Based on the passage below, what conclusion can be made about the town of Maycomb?

Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum. People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

• It was very neat and tidy town.

• People took pride in the landscaping.

• It suffered from a lack of funding to maintain the town.

• It was an old, small town that suffered from the Great Depression.

Which passage best represents first person point of view?

• It was customary for the men in the family to remain on Simon’s homestead, Finch’s Landing, and make their living from cotton.
• Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence... I did not miss her, but I think Jem did.
• Dill had seen Dracula, a revelation that moved Jem to eye him with the beginning of respect.
• The shutters and doors of the Radley house were closed on Sundays, another thing alien to Maycomb’s ways…

How does the setting affect Scout's perception of different classes of people and social stigmas in Maycomb?

• It shows the Cunningham and Ewell's ways of of living.
• It shows how the Great Depression affected working class people and small towns.
• It shows that farmers were hit hardest.
• It shows that professional people were poor.

What does the following passage reveal BEST about Atticus' CHARACTER?

“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-” “Sir?” “-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

• It reveals his uncomplicated, high moral manner.

• It reveals his desire to wear other people's skins.

• It reveals him as a trickster.

• It reveals that he is trying to teach Scout an important lesson.

Which of the following sentences BEST describes a motif?

• The use of symbols to represent abstract ideas.
• Reoccurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that help develop and inform readers of major themes.
• A comparison of two things using like or as.
• Brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

What synonym could replace the word "asinine" in the following passage?

What Mr. Radley did was his own business. If he wanted to come out, he would.If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free from the attentions of inquisitive children, which was a mild term for the likes of us.How would we like it if Atticus barged in on us without knocking, when we were in our rooms at night? We were, in effect, doing the same thing to Mr. Radley. What Mr. Radley did might seem peculiar to us, but it did not seem peculiar to him. Furthermore, had it never occurred to us that the civil way to communicate with another being was by the front door instead of a side window? Lastly, we were to stay away from that house until we were invited there, we were not to play an asinine game he had seen us playing or make fun of anybody on this street or in this town.

• unspoken

• malicious

• foolish

• kind

How does the point of view affect the reader's perception of Boo Radley?

• The reader feels fearful and apprehensive of him.

• The reader feels hatred for him.

• The reader appreciates him.

• The reader feels friendly toward him.

Which is NOT a purpose for small narrative about Scout's first day of school with Miss Caroline?

• It reveals the impact of the Great Depression through Walter Cunningham and Miss Caroline's interaction.

• It characterizes Scout as social, educated, and yet still naïve through her interaction with Miss Caroline.

• It contributes to the theme of moral growth and understanding others as Miss Caroline does not understand Walter and Scout does not understand Miss Caroline.

• It progresses the plot of the story through the introduction of main conflicts of the story, which is the rumors and mysteriousness of Boo Radley.

Which is NOT a developing conflict seen in chapters 1-6?

• Scout's internal conflict in her path of moral growth
• Differences in socioeconomic classes
• The mystery of the Radley house and Boo Radley
• A love triangle between Dill, Scout, and Walter Cunningham

What does the following passage BEST reveal about Jem?

He blew out his breath patiently. “I—it’s like this, Scout,” he muttered. “Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way.” This was a thought. It seemed that Atticus threatened us every other day. “You mean he’s never caught you at anything.” “Maybe so, but—I just wanta keep it that way, Scout. We shouldn’a done that tonight, Scout.”

• He is nervous about being caught and punished.

• He is worried about disappointing his father.

• He's exhausted by Scout's questions.

• He is very sarcastic.