TKAM #1-4

The Narrator of the story is.....

• Jem

• Scout

• Dill

• Boo

In what state and decade does the story take place?

• Arkansas, 1920s

• Alabama, 1930s

• Mississippi, 1940s

• Georgia, 1950s

Which three characters are young (elementary school-aged) friends?

• Scout, Dill, Jem

• Scout, Atticus, Calpurnia

• Dill, Jem, and Boo

• Calpurnia, Maudie, and Alexandra

Who is Calpurnia?

• Atticus' wife

• Atticus' girlfriend

• the Finch family housekeeper/cook

• Scout's new teacher

Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?

• Finch

• Robinson

• Radley

• Harris

The school setting in Chapter 2 allows the author to show

• the general disrespect that children have for authority

• blame the education system for what follows in the novel

• introduce the reader to various families and the social structure in Maycomb

• denounce the segregation of blacks and whites

The Ewell family is...

• highly respected in town

• supportive of equal rights for all races

• one of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb

• a mixed-race family

What does Miss Caroline see that horrifies her that Maycomb is not like the town she is from?

• a dead mockingbird

• a cootie (lice) in a child's hair

• the fact that none of her students can afford lunch

• a black man

What did Boo Radley legendarily do to his father?

• stabbed him in the leg with scissors

• murdered him in his sleep

• locked him in the basement for several weeks

• turned him into the sheriff for child abuse

Miss Caroline disapproves of the fact that Scout can ____, but Atticus tells Scout to keep doing it anyway.

• do her multiplication tables

• skip and chew gum at the same time

• swim

• read and write