Chapters 23-27 in TKAM Review

What is the best word to describe Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell spitting in his face?

• Angry

• Scared

• Calm

• Amused

Why does Atticus respond so calmly to Bob Ewell in Chapter 23?

• He fears for the safety of Jem and Scout if he angers Mr. Ewell.

• He thinks he is taking the blame when Mr. Ewell may take his anger out on the Ewell children.

• Atticus knows he is too old to win a fight with Bob Ewell.

• Atticus knows he needs to set an example as a leader of the town.

What is the best meaning of the word "dry" in the last sentence of the second paragraph from Chapter 23?

• not damp

• funny

• respectable

• unemotional

According to the second excerpt from chapter 23, what will happen to Tom Robinson if he loses his appeal?

• He will be electrocuted.

• He will face life in jail.

• He will be sent seventy miles away to work for the state the rest of his life.

• He will go free.

What does Jem mean in the last paragraph for Chapter 23 that "there's just one kind of folks"?

• Segregation doesn't really exist in Maycomb.

• People are really very similar when you get down to basics.

• Race, wealth, and social status are not reasons to despise another person.

• There's only "one kind of folks" that matter: his friends and family.

Based on Chapter 23, for what reason does Jem think "Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time"?

• The Radleys have forbidden Boo to leave the house for his own safety.

• Maybe Boo Radley fears people like Bob Ewell.

• Jem and Scout have pestered Boo Radley so much that he never wants to see people other than his family.

• Perhaps Boo wants to avoid other people because he has seen the worst in them.

In Chapter 24, to whom is Mrs. Merriweather referring as "good but misguided folks"?

• Jem and Scout

• Atticus and his supporters

• Tom Robinson and his supporters

• The group of men who came to the jail the night Atticus stood guard

At the end of the first excerpt for Chapter 24, what does Miss Maudie mean about Atticus when she asks "His food doesn't stick goin' down, does it?"

• She means that Atticus can swallow all of the negativity created by the trial because he is proud of his actions.

• She means that Atticus is in perfectly good health.

• She means that Atticus has had trouble eating after the trial because he was upset about the outcome.

• She means that Atticus has swallowed some of the words he intended to say at the trial out of respect for the feelings of others.

Based on the second excerpt from Chapter 24, what can be inferred about Tom Robinson's expectations following the trial?

• He expected the appeal to be successful.

• He expected Bob Ewell to find him and kill him.

• He expected to be sentenced to death.

• He expected that he could leave the country.

How sympathetic has Aunt Alexandra seemed toward African Americans and Tom Robinson before Chapter 24?

• Mostly sympathetic

• Mostly unsympathetic