WorksheetsTKAM: GN Chapter 10
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why did Uncle Jack teach Jem and Scout to shoot rather than Atticus?
Atticus didn't want to spend time with his children.
Atticus spent most of his time reading and wasn't interested in guns.
Uncle Jack was a better teacher than Atticus.
Atticus had to be at the courthouse and didn't have time.
When Atticus says "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird", he wants Jem to understand
that blue jays sing beautiful songs for us to enjoy.
that mockingbirds and blue jays are hard to shoot.
that hurting a mockingbird is wrong because they are rare.
that hurting a mockingbird is wrong because they don't do anything harmful.
In chapter 10, Jem's feelings about Atticus change in what way?
At first, Jem thinks Atticus is a gentleman for not wanting to teach them to shoot; later, he thinks Atticus is a boring lawyer when he sees him reading.
At first, Jem thinks Atticus is useless because he doesn't do anything interesting besides read; but later he admires his father and wants to be just like him.
At first, Jem thinks Atticus is a gentleman and wants to be just like him, but later he thinks Atticus can be really boring and feeble.
At first, Jem admires his father because he reads so much; but later, he feels upset that Atticus shot a dog and had never told Jem that he was good at shooting.
Who defended Atticus when Jem and Scout were upset with him?
Tim Johnson
Sheriff Heck Tate
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
Chapter 10 is the first time where the reader sees that Calpurnia is expected to
follow a different set of rules because of her race.
follow the same rules as white people because she is treated equally.
remain calm in emergencies at all times.
speak a certain way around Heck Tate.
Read the following excerpt from the novel:
Calpurnia stared, then grabbed us by the shoulders and ran us home. She shut the wood door behind us, went to the telephone and shouted, “Gimme Mr. Finch’s office!”
“Mr. Finch!” she shouted. “This is Cal. I swear to God there’s a mad dog down the street a piece— he’s comin’ this way, yes sir, he’s—Mr. Finch, I declare he is—old Tim Johnson, yes sir… yessir… yes—“
She hung up and shook her head when we tried to ask her what Atticus had said. She rattled the telephone hook and said, “Miss Eula May—now ma’am, I’m through talkin’ to Mr. Finch, please don’t connect me no more—listen, Miss Eula May, can you call Miss Rachel and Miss Stephanie Crawford and whoever’s got a phone on this street and tell ’em a mad dog’s comin’?
The mood of this selection could be described as
suspenseful
humorous
tragic
ironic
What was wrong with the dog in chapter 10?
he is lonely.
he is hungry.
he is angry.
he has rabies.
Why does Sheriff Heck Tate want Atticus to shoot the dog?
Sheriff Tate knows that Atticus is very accurate in shooting a gun.
Sheriff Tate is so afraid of the dog that he won't be able to shoot straight.
Sheriff Tate knows that Tim Johnson will be upset with him but not Atticus.
Sheriff Tate is a dog lover.
On page 111, Atticus says, "if I had my druthers, I'd take a shotgun." The word druthers most nearly means:
rabies vaccine
confidence
skills from long ago
a personal preference
When Scout says she wants to tell everyone at school about Atticus's shooting skills, Jem tells her to keep quiet about it because
he thinks maybe it just slipped his mind about old Tim Johnson.
he doesn't want Scout to get in another fight at school. She's in enough trouble already.
Atticus is not proud of his talent for shooting and if he was, he would have told them already.
he thinks killing a dog is nothing to brag about. Jem is embarrassed about Atticus.
