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To Kill a Mockingbird Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year is it when the book starts? 
a)
1945
b)
1932
c)
1929
d)
1918
2.
In which state does the book take place? 
a)
Arkansas
b)
Alabama
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Mississippi
3.
How old is Scout when the book begins? 
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
4.
Who is older? 
a)
Scout
b)
Jem
5.
Their father is a 
a)
doctor
b)
teacher
c)
lawyer
6.
Calpurnia acts like a ______ to Scout and Jem.
a)
maid
b)
mother
c)
sister
d)
friend
7.
Who is Boo Radley? 
a)
a recluse that lives nextdoor
b)
Dill's father
c)
Jem's friend
8.
Atticus is assigned whose case? 
a)
Mayella Ewell
b)
Bob Ewell
c)
Mr. Cunningham
d)
Tom Robinson
9.
What does a mockingbird represent? 
a)
someone weak or defenseless
b)
a loved one who has passed on
c)
someone wise
10.
Who does the mockingbird represent in the book? 
a)
Bob and Mayella
b)
Tom and Boo
c)
Boo and Scout
11.
Based on prior knowledge of the time period, we can guess that the group of men came to the jail to 
a)
to talk to Atticus
b)
ensure Tom did not escape
c)
to kill Tom
12.
Why were Scout and Jem getting teased at school? 
a)
Because their father was old
b)
Because their mother died
c)
Because Calpurnia told them what to do
d)
Because their father was defending Tom 
13.
What did Atticus ask Scout NOT to do at school? 
a)
cry
b)
behave badly
c)
cuss
d)
fight
14.
Which character was most likely the one that sewed up Jem's pants and placed them on the fence? 
a)
Calpurnia
b)
Atticus
c)
Boo
d)
Dill
15.
Aunt Alexandra disapproved of the way Atticus was raising his children.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The black community of Maycomb was bitter toward Atticus for losing the trial.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Atticus accepted Tom Robinson's case because
a)
He felt morally obliged to
b)
He knew he would win
c)
The people of Maycomb wanted him to
d)
He needed the money
18.
Scout learned new respect for her father when she discovered he could
a)
Play the violin
b)
Write an unbreakable will
c)
Shoot well
d)
Make a snowman
19.
Who killed Bob Ewell?
a)
Jem
b)
Boo
c)
Scout
d)
Tom Robinson
20.
Tom Robinson's real 'crime' was that he ___ ____ for a white person.  What are the two missing words?
a)
did chores
b)
felt sorry
c)
sexually assulted
d)
deeply loved
21.
Who in this novel best represents 'vengence'
a)
Tom R
b)
Atticus
c)
Bob
d)
Boo
22.
Jem knew all through the trial that Tom Robinson would be found guilty.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
He gives testimony to prove Tom is innocent. He convinces Atticus to keep Boo's secret. 
a)
Dill 
b)
Tom Robinson 
c)
Sheriff Heck Tate
24.
She is the neighbor who loves gardening. 
a)
Mrs. Dubose
b)
Miss Stephanie
c)
Miss Maudie
25.
He defends an innocent man. Known in his youth as "One-Shot"
a)
Atticus Finch 
b)
Jem Finch 
c)
Bob Ewell 
26.
Narrator of the story. 
a)
Scout 
b)
Jem 
c)
Dill 
27.
She sits on her porch in a wheelchair and calls Scout an "ugly girl". 
a)
Miss Maudie
b)
Mrs. Dubose
c)
Miss Stephanie
28.
He was found guilty of a crime he did not commit. 
a)
Tom Robinson
b)
Heck Tate
c)
Bob Ewell 
29.
Scout and Jem's Friend from Mississippi. Lives with his Aunt Stephanie. 
a)
Boo 
b)
Dill 
c)
Atticus
30.
He spits in Atticus' face. 
a)
Boo Radley 
b)
Heck Tate
c)
Bob Ewell 
31.
He leaves the children soap carvings in the tree. 
a)
Bob Ewell 
b)
Boo Radley 
c)
Heck Tate
32.
What advice does Atticus give Scout?
a)
do not speak unless spoken to 
b)
walk in another person's shoes and consider their perspective
c)
cheat off the person sitting next to her
33.
Calpurnia punishes Scout when she is mean to Walter. The lesson Scout learns is
a)
money does not matter, manners matter
b)
be polite to your elders
c)
be polite to Atticus' 
34.
What is wrong with Maycomb?
a)
The Great Depression 
b)
Racism
c)
Boo is a prisoner
35.
Who says it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
a)
Atticus
b)
Miss Maudie
c)
Uncle Jack 
36.
Mayella accuses Tom of 
a)
robbery 
b)
fraud
c)
rape
37.
What about Mayella makes her a sympathetic character?
a)
she lives by the dump 
b)
her father is an abusive alcoholic
c)
she has no friends
d)
all of these
38.
Aunt Alexandra and Scout have a discussion about Fine Folks. Scout says Fine Folks are 
a)
people like Miss Maudie
b)
people who do the best with what they have 
c)
people who have money
d)
people who go to church 
39.
Atticus uses Mrs. Dubose as an example of
a)
how not to behave 
b)
what a person becomes if s/he is mean 
c)
what courage is
40.
Which is an example of Atticus' bravery?
a)
standing outside the jail to protect Tom Robinson
b)
defending Tom Robinson in trial
c)
both of these
41.
Jim Crow is the name given to any law that 
a)
segregates blacks and whites
b)
tried to give equality to blacks
c)
was passed in the South after the Civil War 
42.
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
a)
Sissy Spacek
b)
Scout Finch
c)
Harper Lee
43.
Where does the story take place?
a)
Maycomb, Texas
b)
Meridian, Mississippi
c)
Mobile, Alabama
d)
Maycomb, Alabama
44.
What event is occurring during the narrator's childhood?
a)
World War II
b)
The Great Depression
c)
World War I
d)
Civil War
45.
Which of these is NOT used to describe Dolphus Raymond.
a)
Has mixed children
b)
Town drunk
c)
Drinks out of a paper sack
d)
Is Mayella's uncle
46.
What is Boo's first name?
a)
Nathan
b)
Arthur
c)
Charles
d)
Tom
47.
According to the book, why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
a)
Murder is bad
b)
They do nothing but make beautiful music
c)
They do nothing but fly around all day
d)
They kill insects
48.
Dolphus Raymond is....
a)
a drunk who married a black woman and has mixed children
b)
a drunk who married a white woman who has red headed children
c)
a man who has mixed children and drinks coca-cola out of a brown paper bag
d)
a man who has mixed children and drinks alcohol out of a brown paper bag
49.
What happened to Tom Robinson's hand?
a)
He was born that way
b)
He broke it playing football
c)
He got it caught in a cotton gin
d)
He was ran over while he was picking cotton
50.
What is the name of the Judge who often looked asleep and ate cigars?
a)
Judge Taylor
b)
Judge Baylor
c)
Judge Ewell
d)
Judge Raymond
51.
What, according to Atticus, is the thing that Mayella has done wrong?
a)
She lied on the stand
b)
She tempted a black man
c)
She took her father's side
d)
She cried on the stand
52.

How is Calpurnia treated in the Finch household?

a)

as a slave

b)

as a black person

c)

as a family member

d)

as a maid

53.

Who fired the shots to get strangers out of the garden?

a)

Atticus Finch

b)

Miss Atkinson

c)

Calpurnia

d)

Mr. Radley