Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird

According to town gossip, when Arthur Radley got into trouble, his father

• beat him nearly to death

• kept him home and out of sight for fifteen years

• allowed Arthur to attend a reformatory school

• killed him

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What is the name of the town where To Kill A Mockingbird is set?

• Maycomb

• Mobile

• Monroeville

• Albany

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What is the name of the lawyer who defends Tom Robinson?

• Atticus Finch

• Bob Ewell

• Heck Tate

• Walter Cunningham

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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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Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

• Truman Capote

• Harper Lee

• Dwayne Johnson

• Scout Finch

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What happened to the narrator’s brother, Jem, when he was about thirteen years old?

• He broke his leg.

• He broke his arm.

• He broke his collarbone.

• He suffered a broken heart.

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Calpurnia acts like a ______ to Scout and Jem.

• maid
• mother
• sister
• friend

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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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What is the name of the character who visits the Finch children in the summer and likes to play the Boo Radley game with them?

• Dill
• Scout
• Jem
• Walter

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The Radleys are different than other families in Maycomb because

• they keep to themselves

• they give large dinner parties

• they own slaves

• their house was a mansion compared to the other houses in town

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