To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1-3 Quiz

Who is the narrator of the novel?

• Scout

• Atticus

• Jem

• Harper Lee

Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?

• Harper Lee

• Scout

• Jem

• Atticus

The narrator begins her story by giving the reader some background information. What does the narrator reveal about her family history in the first several pages?

• She has an ancestor named Simon. He had settled in Alabama and he didn't have a lot of money.

• She is from New York. He settled in New Jersey and has a lot of money.

The novel is set in Maycomb , Alabama, in the 1930's, during the Great Depression. How does the narrator describe the town? What indicates that most of the townspeople are poor?

• The narrator describes the town as small, boring, rundown, with simple people trying to live a simple life.

• The narrator describes the town as large, fun, and people are well off and full of life.

• The narrator describes the town as a third world country.

How does Scout describe the way she and her brother feel about their father?

• She describes the way they feel about their father as a mentor and a good man.

• She describes the way they feel about their father as a friendship and nothing more. They call him Atticus, not father as he is kind of distant.

• She describes the way they feel about their father as a strict man and nothing more.

What happened to Scout and Jem's mother?

• She had cancer and passed away.

• She died of a heart attack

• She got in a car accident.

• She passed away in her sleep

Where does the novel take place?

• Knoxville, Tennessee

• Maycomb, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Nashville, Tennessee

Who is Calpurnia? How does Scout describe her?Identify a simile that she uses in her description?

• She was the family driver. She always jokes around. "Her hair was as fresh as bread."

• She was the family maid and cook. She is no nonsense. "Her hand was as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard"

Who does Scout discuss with her teacher, trying to help him out?

• Atticus Finch

• Walter Cunningham

• Larry Smith

• Boo Radley

What is Scout's teachers' name?

• Miss Maudie

• Miss Caroline

• Mr. Atticus

• Mr. Jem