TKAM Chapters 1-2

Who is the narrator of the novel?

• Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a 6 year old girl

• Atticus Finch, a middle-aged lawyer

• Jeremy "Jem" Finch, a nearly ten year old football crazy boy

• Charles Baker Harris "Dill" a young boy with a vivid imagination

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the setting of the novel?

• Maycomb, Alabama, 1940s

• Meridian, Mississippi, 1929

• Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s

• Meridian, Mississippi, 1932

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who wrote, "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

• Truman Capote
• Harper Lee
• Dwayne Johnson
• Scout Finch

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What does Atticus do for a living?

• Executive Chef
• Doctor
• Lawyer
• Detective

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Where is Scout and Jem’s mother?

• She died when Scout was two and Jem was six.

• She ran off with another man when Scout was two and Jem was six.

• She is recovering from consumption in Europe.

• She was killed in a fire a year before the novel starts.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which character is described as a "malevolent phantom"?

• Miss Rachel
• Boo Radley
• Charles Baker Harris
• The character is never named

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What dare does Jem agree to?

• To touch the Radley house
• To ring the Radley doorbell
• To make a prank call to the Radleys
• To invite Boo Radley to join them for tea

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What was Scout's first, "crime" at school?

• She hit Walter

• She sat next to a Ewell

• She could already read

• She was late

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why is it important that the author gives us background information on Boo Radley's past? 

• It reveals Boo Radley's psychotic nature
• It suggests that the town has taken real events and twisted them to create gossip and rumors.
• It shows that Jem and Scout are too young to understand the workings of adults. 
• It reinforces the idea that Boo Radley is an innocent character and is a complete victim of the children's tales. 

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Harper Lee starts the novel by saying her brother Jem broke his arm, and she "maintain[s] that the Ewells started it all", that is an example of...

• Foreshadowing
• Allegory
• Metaphor
• Simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9