TKAM Final Review

What is the genre of this novel?

• fantasy
• science fiction
• historical fiction
• adventure

Boo Radley got into trouble with the law, and then his father imprisoned him in his own house. Fifteen years later, what did Boo do?

• He stole his father’s car.
• He ran away from home.
• He stole groceries from the local supermarket.
• He stabbed his father with a pair of scissors.

"His neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick." Which character is this?

• Walter Cunningham
• Jem Finch
• Uncle Jack
• Burris Ewell

Why was Scout frustrated with her first school year?

• She never learned her times tables.
• She got into fist fights on a daily basis.
• She ran for class president, but not many people voted for her.
• She didn’t learn very much, and feels she was cheated out of her education.

What is the advantage of having a blending of a child’s innocence and an adult’s maturity for a point of view?

• Scout doesn’t get some of the dry humor because she is innocent, but the reader does.
• The narration stays pure and innocent throughout the novel.
• Scout appears innocent, but the reader knows she is not.
• The narration stays mature throughout, and the reader isn’t bored with Scout’s innocence.

How did Jem lose his pants?

• He lost them during a poker game.
• He had to take them off because they caught on fire.
• The string that holds them together broke, and they fell off of him.
• They were caught on a barbed-wire fence as he was running away from the Radley house.

Why did the “Footwashers” tell Miss Maudie she was “going to Hell”?

• She spends more time outside with her flowers than inside reading the Bible.
• She gossips too much about Boo Radley and his family.
• She only goes to church on Christmas and Easter, but not regularly on Sundays.
• She sometimes says bad words when she is weeding in her garden.

How does Atticus respond when Scout asks him if he is going to win the case with Tom Robinson?

• “No, honey.”
• “Of course!”
• “I’m not sure yet.”
• “That’s none of your business.”

What complaint does Aunt Alexandra have about Scout?

• She wears overalls instead of frilly dresses.
• She needs to learn how to stick up for herself.
• She spits out her food at the dinner table if she doesn’t like it.
• She needs to learn how to share her dinner with her brother.

What mood shift takes place when Atticus takes on the new case?

• The people in town began to feel very proud of Atticus for taking the case.
• The people in town were afraid that Atticus would get hurt for taking the case.
• The people in town were glad that Tom Robinson would get excellent representation.
• The people in town began to feel negative toward Atticus for taking it.