To Kill A Mockingbird - Chapters 21 & 22
Authored by Kathleen Touw
English
8th - 10th Grade
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This quiz focuses on specific plot details and character interactions from chapters 21 and 22 of Harper Lee's *To Kill a Mockingbird*, making it appropriate for grades 8-10 English Language Arts students. The questions assess students' comprehension of key narrative events surrounding Tom Robinson's trial verdict and its immediate aftermath, requiring careful attention to textual details and character motivations. Students need to demonstrate their understanding of how different characters respond to injustice, the symbolic significance of the Black community's respectful gesture toward Atticus, and the various ways prejudice manifests in Maycomb society. The quiz emphasizes critical moments that reveal character development, particularly Jem's emotional response to the verdict, Atticus's measured reaction to both the trial outcome and Bob Ewell's confrontation, and Miss Maudie's identification of community allies who quietly support justice. Created by Kathleen Touw, an English teacher in Canada who teaches grades 8 and 10, this quiz serves as an effective tool for checking students' close reading skills and comprehension of pivotal chapters in the novel. Teachers can use this assessment as a formative check after students complete these chapters, either as a warm-up activity to begin class discussion or as a homework assignment to ensure students have thoroughly read and understood the material. The quiz works particularly well as preparation for deeper literary analysis discussions about themes of justice, moral courage, and social inequality that these chapters powerfully illustrate. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, which require students to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text explicitly states, as well as CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, which focus on analyzing how particular lines of dialogue reveal aspects of character development and advance the plot.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Calpurnia brought a note to Atticus at the courthouse, stating:
The children are missing
The children have been watching the trial
Atticus should come home for dinner
Miss Rachel is looking for Dill
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This person pointed out to Atticus that his children were in the balcony:
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
Reverend Sykes
Mr. Underwood
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before the verdict, when Jem asked Atticus if he had won the trial Atticus responded:
Most certainly
Time will tell
Not likely
I have no idea
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before the verdict was read, this character was certain Atticus had won:
Jem
Scout
Reverend Sykes
Mr. Underwood
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the narrator, one can tell if a jury will convict when:
They glare at the defendant
They glare at the defence lawyer
They don't look at the defendant
They don't look at the defence lawyer
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At the end of the trial, the Black community showed respect for Atticus by:
Removing their hats
Standing as he walked by
Giving a standing ovation
Placing their hands on their hearts
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After the trial, this character cried:
Jem
Dill
Scout
Atticus
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
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