To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 21-31

Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra's tea party?

• He promised to have dinner with Helen Robinson and Calpurnia.
• He is tired and wants to sit down and read the newspaper.
• Tom was shot dead trying to escape from prison.
• Helen Robinson has suddenly died.

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What will Tom's sentence be if he loses his appeal?

• Life in prison without parole
• 7 years of hard labor
• Death
• He'll be sent to a mental institution for criminally insane.

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Why does Jem cry the night of the trial?

• He is disappointed in Atticus.
• He cannot reconcile himself to the injustice of the verdict.
• The other kids won't stop taunting him.
• Bob Ewell threatens to kill him and his sister.

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What is the verdict of the trial?

• Innocent
• Guilty
• Hung Jury
• Mistrial

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Who threatens Atticus' life after the trial?

• Helen Robinson
• Mayella
• Reverend Sykes
• Bob Ewell

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The African American community of Maycomb shows their appreciation for what Atticus did by sending him and his family food. How does Atticus respond to the African Americans' thank you?

• He says not to do it again because times are hard enough

• He starts crying.

• He does not accept it.

• He spits on it because it is all gross food.

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What do the women at Aunt Alexandra's tea party complain about after the trial?

• How poorly their African American servants are doing work
• What a poor job Atticus is doing raising Jem and Scout
• Their plans to join the women's suffragist movement
• Hitler and the persecution of the Jews

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Tom Robinson died because...

• He was hanged as a result of his trial.
• Disgruntled citizens shot him.
• Policemen shot him because he tried to escape the prison camp.
• He drowned from falling into a creek.

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How does Scout learn who her protector was?

• She sees Boo in the corner of the room and recognizes him.
• Atticus tells her it was Boo.
• Jem tells her it was Boo.
• Boo carries her under the street light.

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Who does Mr. Heck Tate find under a tree, and what is wrong with him?

• Nathan Radley and he is dead
• Jem Finch and he has a broken arm
• Bob Ewell and he is drunk
• Bob Ewell and he is dead

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