TKAM Review, chapters 1-7

Who is the narrator of TKAM?

• Scout

• Jem

• Calpurnia

• an outside person

What is the setting of the novel, TKAM?

• Maycomb, New York, 1950

• Melville, Spain, 1920

• Maycomb, Alabama, 1933

• Mayville, Arkansas,

  1950

What neighborhood mystery do Jem, Scout and Dill want to solve?

• Why is Atticus single?

• Who is Miss Maudie in love with?

• Why doesn't Boo Radley come outside?

Why is Dill only in Maycomb during the summer?

• He stays with his aunt.

• He is part of the circus.

• He is an exchange student.

• He is Jem and Scout's cousin.

How does Miss Maudie react to her house burning down?

• She is devastated and won't talk to anyone.

• She is positive and says her only concern was for her neighbors.

• She is happy because she set the fire.

Scout doesn't like school because she has to stop reading to be successful. This is

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

What does Boo Radley leave in the knothole of the tree for Jem & Scout?

• gum, coins, soap carvings

• gum, a dollar bill, a knife

• coins, a knife, a shark figurine

Who does Scout punch during a Christmas family gathering, and why?

• her cousin, because he calls her father a racial slur

• her uncle, because he punishes her

• Jem because he takes her Christmas gift

What is the purpose of the "mad dog" incident in chapter 10?

• This shows that Atticus hates animals.

• This foreshadows a grim future for the town.

• This shows that Atticus will use force when he has to.

Based on the statement that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," what do mockingbirds most likely symbolize?

• anger

• shame

• innocence

• childhood