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To Kill a Mockingbird

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

boy who spends his summer in Maycomb

a)

Jem

b)

Scout

c)

Dill

d)

Atticus

2.

Finches' neighbor; friend of Scout and Jem

a)

Walter Cunningham

b)

Miss Maudie

c)

Miss Caroline

d)

Calpurnia

3.

poor boy that Jem invites home to dinner

a)

Walter Cunningham

b)

Atticus

c)

Dill

d)

Scout

4.

Atticus' sister

a)

Miss Maudie

b)

Miss Caroline

c)

Alexandra

d)

Francis

5.

wanted Miss Maudie's recipe for cake

a)

Miss Stephanie

b)

Miss Caroline

c)

Uncle Jack

d)

Tim Johnson

6.

the sheriff of Maycomb County

a)

Francis

b)

Heck Tate

c)

Tim Johnson

d)

Boo Radley

7.

What does Jem hold while trying to put a note on Boo Radley's windowsill?

a)

a silver bell

b)

fishing pole

c)

his pants

d)

Scout's hand

8.

How does Jem get his pants back after losing them on Radley's fence?

a)

patched and folded by the fence

b)

torn to shreds

c)

he doesn't

9.

What does Jem do with Mrs. Dubose?

a)

reads to her

b)

sings to her

c)

helps with her flowers

d)

takes her on walks

10.

"Well...in the first place you never stopped to give me a chance to tell you my side of it..." This conversation is between

a)

Calpurnia and Scout

b)

Scout and Uncle Jack

c)

Miss Caroline and Scout

d)

Scout and Dill

11.

Why does Dill initially come to Maycomb?

a)

his parents have moved there

b)

he is visiting his aunt

c)

he was expelled from his old school

d)

he is visiting his cousins, Scout and Jem

12.

What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?

a)

Maycomb, Alabama, 1960

b)

Birmingham, Alabama, 1968

c)

Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s

d)

Tupelo, Mississippi, 1936

13.

The Ewell family is

a)

a family of both black and white people

b)

supportive of equal rights for all races

c)

highly respected in town

d)

one of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb

14.

the town's social outcast who knows true justice; prefers to live with Negroes

a)

Mr. Link Deas

b)

Bob Ewell

c)

Mr. Underwood

d)

Mr. Dolphus Raymond

15.

gives Helen Robinson a job

a)

Mr. Underwood

b)

John Taylor

c)

Mr. Link Deas

d)

Mr. Dolphus Raymond

16.

the judge in the Tom Robinson case

a)

John Taylor

b)

Mrs. Merriweather

c)

Bob Ewell

d)

Mr. Link Deas

17.

Who diffuses the situation at the jailhouse?

a)

Scout

b)

Sheriff Tate

c)

Judge Taylor

d)

Miss Maudie

18.

What does Tom Robinson say about Mayella that was the "wrong" thing to say?

a)

He likes her

b)

He felt sorry for her

c)

He thinks she's pretty

d)

He doesn't think she's pretty

19.

Atticus says, "The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them the hardest." What historical event is he referencing?

a)

the inauguration of Washington

b)

Prohibition

c)

The Great Depression

d)

the stock market crash of 1929

20.

What is the real reason Dill runs away from home?

a)

his father chained him up in the basement

b)

his father built the boat he promised but would not let Dill use it

c)

his parents would not let him write to Scout and Jem

d)

his parents were not interested in him

21.

When Jem, Scout and Dill go out one Sunday night to look for Atticus, they find him

a)

drunk in the jail

b)

on a chair in front of the jail, reading

c)

pacing up and down Main Street

d)

hiding Tom Robinson from the white mob

22.

What reason does Atticus give Scout and Jem for Mr. Cunningham's actions at the jail?

a)

he was drunk and the liquor made him talk

b)

he was basically a good man, but he had a blind spot

c)

he thought by killing Tom he would become a hero in town

d)

he was forced to do this by the other white men of the community

23.

What protects Scout during the attack (end of the book)?

a)

her mother

b)

her costume

c)

her Indian-head pennies

d)

the darkness

24.

Scout's costume in the Halloween pageant is a

a)

pumpkin

b)

ghost

c)

ham

d)

turkey leg

25.

Mr. Underwood describes Tom Robinson's death as

a)

true justice

b)

a senseless killing like killing a songbird

c)

good riddance to an evil man

d)

Atticus' fault

26.

The injuries on Mayella's face showed that someone probably led with

a)

his right hand

b)

his left hand

c)

his right foot

d)

his left foot

27.

vague or unclear

a)

nebulous

b)

eccentricities

c)

austere

d)

reprimand

28.

in deep or serious thought

a)

mollified

b)

incantations

c)

pensive

d)

impertinence

29.

lack of respect; rudeness

a)

benign

b)

inconspicuous

c)

mollified

d)

impertinence

30.

easy to miss or not see

a)

mollified

b)

austere

c)

nebulous

d)

inconspicuous