To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Test

Because Harper Lee tells the story of To Kill a Mockingbird as a flashback, it allows 6-year-old Scout Finch to do what?

• Sound like a kid again

• relive her favorite games

• use adult language as a young child

• remember her father in his younger days

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in:

• Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression

• Maycomb, Alabama during World War II

• Maycomb, Alabama during the Civil War

• Maycomb, Alabama during Reconstruction

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

“I looked around. They were standing. All around us and in the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to their feet. Reverend Sykes’s voice was as distant as Judge Taylor’s: ‘Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.’” Why do they all stand?

• to threaten Atticus because he lost the case

• to show respect to Atticus for arguing the case

• to show respect to Judge Taylor for being a judge

• to say farewell to Tom Robinson

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why do the people of Maycomb County criticize Atticus for defending Tom Robinson?

• They believe Tom is clearly innocent, so they don’t understand why Atticus is wasting his time on the case.

• They believe that Atticus will not properly defend Tom.

• In this time period, it is improper for a white man to defend a black man for a crime of this nature.

• People have never liked Atticus and now have a reason to vocalize their feelings.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Walter Cunningham, Sr. ignores Scout’s greeting at the jailhouse because he

• is angry at her for making fun of Walter, Jr. for pouring syrup on everything

• is ashamed at his behavior in front of innocent children

• is deaf and doesn’t hear her

• is shy and doesn’t like to be called out in front of a group

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Jem’s disillusionment stems from

• Realizing Bob Ewell wanted to kill him and Scout

• The injustice of Tom Robinson’s trial

• Being forced to read to Mrs. Dubose

• The death of Tom Robinson in the jail yard

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Atticus sits outside of the jail at night because

• He enjoys the outdoors

• Tom likes when Atticus reads to him

• Atticus fears for Tom’s life

• Atticus and Tom and preparing for the trial

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of these historical contexts is said to have inspired events taking place in To Kill a Mockingbird?

• The Scottsboro boys

• The Emmett Till case

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Jem, Scout, and Dill attempt to make Boo Radley come out by

• Lighting a fire under the house

• Sending him a note on a fishing pole

• Performing a play on the Radley front porch

• Sneaking into the Radley house at night to scare Boo

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The difference between the Cunninghams and the Ewells is

• The Cunninghams always forget to pay people back

• The Cunninghams will never accept anything they can’t pay back

• The Ewells have more money than the Cunninghams

• The Ewells attend school while the Cunninghams don’t

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3