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WorksheetsTKAM Chapters 14-23 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is Aunt Alexandra’s response to Scout’s questions about rape?
She gets angry at Calpurnia and forbids the kids to go to her house.
She asks Atticus if she can tell Scout.
She wants Jem to stay out of Scout's business.
She wants Calpurnia to tell Scout because she's too much of a Southern lady to talk about such things.
How does Atticus respond to Aunt Alexandra when she tells him he must fire Calpurnia.
The kids haven't "suffered one bit" from Calpurnia raising them.
He will consider it once the trial is over.
He asks Aunt Alexandra to move out because he loves Calpurnia.
Aunt Alexandra is emotional and better to talk about it later when she's calmed down.
Jem “rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood”. What code is Scout talking about?
Thou shalt not steal
Giving up the confidence of a friend to an adult
Telling lies.
The code of Boo Radley
Scout said there are only two reasons grown men stand in the front yard. What are they?
To bring harm and violence to those within.
Death and politics
Ham and Beans
Socializing and Gossip
Why did Scout and Jem get into a fight about Atticus's safety during the trial?
Jem threatens to spank Scout.
Scout says Jem is getting to big for his britches.
Jem doesn't think that Scout is old enough to understand why Atticus would be in danger.
All of these
Scout wasn't concerned about the fight with Jem afterwards. Why?
She knew Atticus would be on her side.
She knew Jem was wrong. And everyone would know it.
They fought as equals.
Jem was punished by Aunt Alexandria for fighting a girl.
Heck Tate says there is no reason for a change in venue in the Robinson case. Why?
All courts are racist.
Tom is apparently very guilty.
The crime occurred in Maycomb and needs to stay in Maycomb.
It was too late. The trial was two days away.
Scout said "Mutual defiance made them alike." What did she mean?
Boo and Jem both hated authority.
Tom and Jem both hated white men.
Jem and Atticus often disagreed.
Jem and Scout often disagreed.
Explain this quote: “that boy might go to the chair, but he’s not going till the truth’s told...And you know what the truth is” - Atticus Finch.
The jury is biased and the case will go against Tom, but not before everyone knows the truth and it's spoken out loud.
The jury is biased but the case won't go against Tom, because truth and justice will prevail.
We both know Tom is guilty and in Jim Crow South, we know he will be found guilty by an all white jury.
The jury isn't biased but the case will go against Tom, but not before everyone knows the truth and it's spoken out loud.
Why didn’t Atticus “give him [Jem] hell” as Scout thought he would when he openly defied Atticus?
Jem's behavior would reflect badly on Atticus with the townspeople. He didn't want to be embarrassed.
Jem had bravely stood up for what was right and to protect his father. These are traits that Atticus feels are important.
He was waiting to get Jem home where he could have a talk with him about how he treats adults.
He did, he just didn't whip him like Scout wanted him to.
“Mr. Cunningham’s a basically a good man, he said, “he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us.” Explain what Atticus means by this quote.
We all do things "in the moment" that go against our better judgement.
Mr. Cunningham is blind in his right eye. He didn't know that the kids were there.
Sometimes the right decision is not apparent to us because we're so racist that we can't tell right from wrong.
Mr. Cunningham is a good man, he's just too dumb to know he is.
Select all true facts from Heck Tate's testimony.
Mayella's arms were bruised.
She had bruises around her neck.
Mayella's right eye was bruised.
Mayella's left eye was bruised.
Bob Ewell called Heck Tate.
Select all true statements from Bob Ewell's testimony.
He was left handed
No doctor was called for Mayella
He's right handed
He's illiterate.
Tom's left hand (check all that apply):
Caught in a cotton gin when he was young.
12 inches shorter than his right
Was useless and "hung dead at his side"
Made it apparent that there was no way that he could have attacked Mayella.
Who attacked Mayella if not Tom Robinson?
Bob Ewell
Boo Radley
Dolphus Raymond
When did the incident with the chifferobe actually happen, at least according to Tom?
The after Mayella's attack
The day before Mayella's attack
Last spring, over a year ago
Last summer, over a year ago
Scout’s view of Tom’s “manners” doesn’t accurately explain why Tom reacted to Mayella’s advances the way he did. How does Atticus explain it to her?
Atticus explained later that it was up to a black man to teach a young white woman how to act in mixed company.
Atticus explained later that it was unthinkable that a black man would strike a white woman and “expect to live long”.
Atticus explained later that it was unthinkable that a black man would want to be with a white woman, especially one as "dirty" as Mayella.
Atticus explained later that it was unthinkable that a black man would want to work for the Ewells, given their status in Maycomb society.
What is Mayella's "unspeakable crime", according to Atticus? Select all that apply.
She tempted a black man.
She is ignorant.
She is prideful.
She kissed a black man.
Why did Judge Taylor give Atticus Tom Robinson's case?
Atticus asked for the case.
He and Atticus were enemies. He knew the case would be bad for Atticus's reputation.
He was the public defender.
No one else was good enough.
Pick the best answer to explain the following quote: “Don’t fool yourselves - it’s all adding up and one of these days we’re going to pay the bill for it. I hope it’s not in you children’s time.”
Injustice can only exist for so long.
Taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the trial.
I don't want to leave any part of my bad reputation to your kids.
You are foolish if you believe that Tom's trial is over.
What is Jem's reasoning that Boo Radley has not come out of his house in so long.
He's afraid of being accused of rape.
He's afraid of being arrested for attacking his father all those years ago.
Because people are so mean to each other, he doesn't want to come out.
He's under house arrest.
Where do Jem and Scout watch the trial?
Up in the balcony, in the segregated section
Hiding behind one of the benches, three rows back
Through a hole in the side wall
From the defense table with Atticus
Which of the following is a characteristic of Dolphus Raymond?
He has mixed children.
He is usually "drunk"
He was going to get married, but never did.
All of these.
Aunt Alexandra gets annoyed with Atticus at breakfast because he discusses certain things with Cal. Why?
She thinks Atticus and Cal have a "thing" for each other
She thinks Cal will go back and gossip.
She thinks men shouldn't talk to the help
She thinks that the children are listening.
Why does Dill run away from home?
His stepfather beat him
He didn't want his parents to find out he was expelled from school
His mother and stepfather didn't pay attention to him
He wanted to join the circus
Who was guarding Atticus with a gun in his window the whole time?
Mr. Underwood, the newspaper owner
Sheriff Tate
Boo Radley
Reverend Sykes
At the beginning of the chapter, who "saves" Atticus from the "mob" that visited Atticus at his house?
Heck Tate
Jem
Link Dees
Scout
Towards the middle of the chapter, Atticus does something at night that he rarely does, and this worries the children. What does he do?
takes the car to go somewhere
walks to the town jail
borrow's Jem's chemistry set
takes a gun with him on his walk
Scout becomes excited about what Atticus is saying and runs to him. This causes Atticus to experience what emotion?
excitment
anger
hope
fear
Scout getting in between the mob and her dad shows:
her innocence as she didn't understand the danger of the situation
her stubborness as she didn't listen to Dill
her childishness as she broke curfew just because Aunt Alexandra told her no.
she thinks she knows best and will do what she wants when she wants.
______________ revealed that the Finch family is not alone in their beliefs.
Miss. Maudie
Miss. Stephanie Crawford
Mr. Avery
None of the above
Bob Ewell stopped Atticus at the Post Office corner and ____________.
spat in his face
threatened to kill him
punched him
threatened to take him to court
tried to run him over with his car
How long did it take the jury to convict Tom?
2 years
A few hours
2 dads
2 days
