To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 1-10 Quiz

What is the setting of the novel?

• Maycomb, Alabama 1900's

• Maycomb, Alabama, 1930's

• Meridian, Mississippi, 1930's

• Meridian, Mississippi, 1900's

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is narrating the book?

• Atticus FInch

• Scout Finch

• Jem Finch

• Boo Radley

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are the children most fascinated by in the first part of the book?

• talking to Miss Maudie

• Reading Books

• seeing Boo Bradley

• Going to school

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does "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" mean? Choose the BEST answer.

• You should consider someone's situation and background before passing judgment on them.
• You should skin people and wear them as human suits before passing judgment on them.
• Looks alone are not what matters.
• People only act the way they do because of their ancestry.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The Radley place attracts the children because

• Mrs. Radley bakes sweets and feeds the neighborhood children frequently

• The Radleys are rich and have nice toys to play with

• Mystery surrounds the house and the family due to rumors of a “phantom” living inside

• The house is abandoned and the children like to throw rocks at the house’s windows

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The following quote from "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an example of...

"Tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following:

• Simile

• "The night-crawlers had retired, but ripe chinaberries drummed on the roof when the wind stirred."

• Hyperbole

• "There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into," murmured Calpurnia.

• Personification

• "Jim waved my words away as if fanning gnats."

• Allusion

• "Mr. Conner said they cussed so loud he was sure every lady in Maycomb heard them."

• Metaphor

• "When I was saying all that, I was raveling a thread, wasn't even thinking about your father."

Which of the following is an example of person vs. nature conflict in the book?

• Jem's pants get stuck in the fence at Boo Radley's house, and he has to return to get them.

• Ms. Maudie's house catches on fire in the middle of the night.

• Walter and his family don't have enough money to pay for lunch.

• Scout is scared because she thinks that Boo Radley put the blanket around her during the fire.

Boo Radley's home is a symbol of...

• Stability

• Anger

• Fear

• Hope

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Characterization

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(b) Setting

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(c) Imagery

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(d) Theme

• "Miss Caroline had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and crimson nail polish."

• "You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view."

• "Calpurnia was something else again. She was all angles and bones..."

• "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."

• "The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house."

• "Dill was a curiosity. He wore blue linen shorts that buttoned to his shirt..."

• "In rainy weather, the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks..."

• "But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends..."