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TKAM 1-13 Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does TKAM take place?

a)

Memphis, Tennessee

b)

Monroeville, Alabama

c)

Burmingham, Alabama

d)

Maycomb, Alabama

2.

What is Scout's real name?

a)

Boo

b)

Jean Louise

c)

Mayella

d)

Alexandra

3.

What is the recluse, Boo Radley, rumored to have done when he was little?

a)

Bullied a girl at school

b)

Burnt down Miss Maudie’s house

c)

Stabbed his father with a pair of scissors

d)

Killed a mockingbird with his bare hands

4.

Who is Dill?

a)

A boy staying next door for the summer whom Scout and Jem befriend

b)

One of the Ewell kids

c)

The owner of the town newspaper

d)

Huck Finn’s younger brother

5.

Why does the teacher get mad at Scout on the first day of school?

a)

Because she arrives late

b)

Because she’s passing notes during class

c)

Because Scout calls her names

d)

Because she knows how to read

6.

Why won’t Walter Cunningham borrow a quarter from Miss Caroline for lunch?

a)

Because his family is poor and he won’t ever be able to repay it

b)

Because he’s offended by her offer

c)

Because he doesn’t like Miss Fisher

d)

Because he’s not hungry

7.

What does Walter do at lunch at the Finches that shocks Scout?

a)

He picks his nose.

b)

He refuses to say grace.

c)

He pours maple syrup all over his plate of meat and vegetables.

d)

He’s rude to Calpurnia.

8.

What happens to Burris Ewell on the first day of class?

a)

Cecil Jacobs beats him up.

b)

Scout tells lies about him to Miss Caroline.

c)

He gets kicked out of school.

d)

A bug crawls out of his hair.

9.

When do the Ewell kids go to school?

a)

Only for first and second grade

b)

Only when the weather is warm and they don’t have to wear shoes

c)

Only on the first day of every school year

d)

Only when their father is out of town

10.

Where do Scout and Jem start finding gifts left for them?

a)

On Scout’s windowsill

b)

On the Radley’s back porch

c)

In Miss Maudie’s garden

d)

In the knothole of a tree in the Radley’s yard

11.

Why does Scout start hanging out with Miss Maudie?

a)

Because Dill and Jem have made her feel unwelcome in their games

b)

Because she doesn’t like Dill

c)

As punishment for destroying her flowers

d)

Because Miss Maudie needs help with her garden

12.

How does Miss Maudie account for Boo’s strangeness?

a)

He was a bad seed from start.

b)

He’s mentally disabled.

c)

He had an incredibly strict Baptist father.

d)

He suffered from Polio when he was seven.

13.

What happens when Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak into the Radleys backyard?

a)

Boo invites them in.

b)

Nathan comes out and has a stern talk with them.

c)

A dog chases them off the property.

d)

Someone shoots at them with a shotgun.

14.

How does Dill explain Jem’s missing pants?

a)

First he says strip poker and then lighting matches.

b)

He admits what really happened.

c)

He says they got ripped up when they were climbing trees.

d)

He says they floated down the river when they went for a swim.

15.

What does Boo Radley carve for Jem and Scout out of soap?

a)

A dolphin figurine

b)

A miniature sculpture of himself

c)

Two figures that look like Jem and Scout

d)

A snowman

16.

What reason does Boo’s brother, Nathan Radley, give Jem for filling in the knothole with cement?

a)

He says Boo did it because he’s crazy.

b)

He says that’s what you do when a tree is dying.

c)

He says he didn’t do it and will give Jem a reward if he figures out who did.

d)

He says that’s what you do when a tree is growing too fast.

17.

What unexpected natural phenomenon happens in Alabama for the first time in years?

a)

Flooding

b)

Snow

c)

An earthquake

d)

Killer bees

18.

What does Arthur Radley do during the night of the fire?

a)

He puts cement in the knothole of the tree.

b)

He steals a pair of Jem’s pants.

c)

He drapes a blanket over Scout’s shoulders.

d)

He makes a snowman for Scout and Jem.

19.

How does Miss Maudie react the day after the fire?

a)

She sues the fire department for damages.

b)

She’s despondent that her house burnt down.

c)

She’s says she’s happy her house burnt down since she always hated it.

d)

She leaves town.

20.

Why do Cecil Jacobs, Francis, and other kids start taunting Scout about her father?

a)

Because he is defending Tom Robinson, a black man

b)

Because he’s older than the other fathers

c)

Because Jem and Scout call him “Atticus” instead of “Dad”

d)

Because he doesn’t go to church regularly

21.

What does Uncle Jack say about Tom Robinson?

a)

That he’s guilty like all black men

b)

That he’s innocent but doomed

c)

That he’s innocent and will be set free

d)

That the case is complicated and it’s hard to tell if Tom is guilty or not

22.

Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

a)

Harper Lee

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Ray Bradbury

23.

When was To Kill a Mockingbird published?

a)

1933

b)

1960

c)

1950

d)

1998

24.

What is Atticus's occupation?

a)

Journalist

b)

Police Officer

c)

Lawyer

d)

Doctor

25.

What is Boo's real name?

a)

Dill Radley

b)

Nathan Radley

c)

Shawn Radley

d)

Arthur Radley

26.

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place at the same time as...

a)

The Great Depression

b)

World War II

c)

The Civil Rights Era

d)

The Civil War

27.

This family is poor but kind.

a)

Cunninghams

b)

Ewells

c)

Finches

d)

Radleys

28.

Atticus disputes this family during the court case.

a)

Cunninghams

b)

Ewells

c)

Finches

d)

Radleys

29.

Atticus defends this individual during the court case.

a)

Tom Robinson

b)

Mayella Ewell

c)

Arthur Radley

d)

Heck Tate

30.

What is "Maycomb's usual disease?"

a)

Polio

b)

Sexism

c)

Poverty

d)

Racism

31.

Who is Tim Johnson?

a)

The man Atticus is defending

b)

The old man who lives on the corner

c)

The neighborhood dog

d)

Mrs. Dubose's carpenter

32.

What was Atticus's childhood nickname?

a)

Fair-Haired Finch

b)

Angry Atticus

c)

Fearless Finch

d)

One-Shot Finch

33.

Who's the bravest person that Atticus ever knew?

a)

Tom Robinson

b)

Scout

c)

Mrs. Dubose

d)

Miss Caroline

34.

Why does Jem have to read to Mrs. Dubose?

a)

Mrs. Dubose is dying.

b)

Jem destroyed Mrs. Dubose's camellias.

c)

Jem called Mrs. Dubose an "old bag."

d)

Atticus thought it'd be a great way for Jem to practice his reading.

35.

Where does Calpurnia take the children in Chapter 12?

a)

To her home

b)

To Uncle Jack's house

c)

To the trial

d)

To her church

36.

What is Tom Robinson's wife's first name?

a)

Harriet

b)

Samantha

c)

Helen

d)

Zeebo