9th ELA Unit 2 Test Review (TKAM)

What is a reliable narrator? Select all that apply.

• A narrator that can be trusted to tell the truth.

• A narrator that cannot be trusted to tell the truth.

• A narrator that shares the values of the reader.

• A narrator that observes things as they are and tells the story accurately.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.6

Is Scout a reliable narrator?

• Yes, because she's an honest child.

• Yes, because she obeys her father.

• No, because she's too young to understand adult situations.

• No, because she's manipulative and a liar.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

What's the setting of the novel?

• Georgia in the 1940's during WWII

• Alabama in the 1940's during WWII

• Georgia in the 1930's during the Great Depression

• Alabama in the 1930's during the Great Depression

“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.”

What does the allusion (reference) to FDR's speech reveal about the novel's setting?

• Maycomb was wealthier than most rural American towns during the time.

• Maycomb was also suffering during the Great Depression and needed hopeful words from the president.

• Maycomb was a big city and too fast-paced.

• Maycomb didn't pay much attention to politics because it was so rural.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which quotation from the book best illustrates “The Golden Rule”: treat others as you want to be treated?

• “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (39-40)

• “‘I’m gonna wake him up, Jem, I swear I am—’ Jem grabbed my pajama collar and wrenched it tight. ‘Then I’m going with you—’” (75)

• “It was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.” (117)

• “You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?” (264)

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.9A

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

• A reference to a person or event in history or literature

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How is the novel’s title a metaphor?

• It represents the slaughter of beautiful songbirds in Maycomb

• It represents the bullying of someone poor and uneducated (like Walter Cunningham)

• It represents the senseless killing of someone innocent (like Tom Robinson)

• It represents the disciplining of someone disobedient and feisty (like Scout)

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.9A

When Atticus has to defend Tom Robinson and the entire town seems to be against him, this situation is an example of what type of conflict?

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature

When Bob Ewell spits in Atticus's face, this situation is an example of what type of conflict?

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Boo Radley saves the children from Bob Ewell, this situation is an example of what type of conflict?

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3