WorksheetsTo Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 20-25
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Why was Dill upset after Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination of Tom Robinson? (end of ch. 19)
He was disgusted with the way the jury treated Mayella.
The way Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom made Dill sick.
Dill was afraid Mr. Gilmer would ruin Atticus's case.
Dill didn't like the way Tom Robinson spoke to Mr. Gilmer.
Which type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statement?
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place" (Lee 231).
emotional appeal
logical appeal
ethical appeal
What type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statements?
"I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake, which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt...she is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance..." (Lee 232).
emotional appeal
logical appeal
ethical appeal
What type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statement?
"Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left" (Lee 232)
logical appeal
emotional appeal
ethical appeal
Which type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statements? "The witnesses for the state...have presented themselves to you gentlemen...confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption--the evil assumption--that all Negroes lie...which gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you; you know the truth and the truth is this..." (Lee 233).
logical appeal
emotional appeal
ethical appeal
Which literary device is used in the following statement?
"...there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president" (Lee 234).
parallelism
metaphor
antithesis
all of the above
What does Atticus mean when he states, "...in this country our courts are the greatest levelers..."?
Courts do not always have integrity.
In our courts, all men are created equal.
Our country has the greatest courts.
A court is only as sound as its jury.
Who came to court to tell Atticus that Jem and Scout were missing?
Dill
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
Sheriff Gilmer
Atticus knew that Jem and Scout were watching from the courtroom balcony.
True
False
Which textual evidence supports Scout's notion that Calpurnia has always favored Jem?
"Jem, don't you know better'n to take your little sister to that trial?"
"Mister Jem, I thought you was gettin' some kinda head on your shoulders..."
...and now here was Calpurnia giving her precious Jem down the country--what new marvels would the evening bring?
"You ought to be perfectly ashamed of yourself--ain't you got any sense at all?"
Jem was confident that Tom Robinson would be acquitted.
True
False
Which type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?
"What happened after that had a dreamlike quality: in a dream I saw the jury return, moving like underwater swimmers, and Judge Taylor's voice came from far away, and was tiny" (Lee 241).
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
What verdict did the jury give Tom Robinson?
guilty
not guilty
When Aunt Alexandra questioned Atticus's allowing the children to attend the trial, Atticus said, "It's just as much Maycomb County as missionary teas." What did he mean?
Prejudice and racism were a part of everyday life in Maycomb.
People in Maycomb would forget about the trial and his role in it.
He was not worried about the trial's outcome.
Religion and missions had a strong influence on the people of Maycomb.
What did the people in the balcony do when Atticus left the courtroom?
They turned their backs on him.
They stood in respect of him.
The people ignored him.
They followed him out of the building.
Who sent Atticus a chicken after the trial?
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson's father
Tom Robinson's wife
Members of the jury
What did Maycomb's African Americans do after the trial?
They collected money for Atticus and his family.
They sent Atticus and his family a feast.
Most of them left town.
They rioted in the streets.
______________ stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life.
Mr. Gilmer
Tom Robinson
Mr. Ewell
Mr. Avery
Who said this?
"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life...whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash" (Lee 253).
Mr. Gilmer
Atticus
Jem
Miss Maudie
Why did the prison guards shoot Tom?
He had threatened them.
He was trying to escape.
He was instigating a riot.
They were afraid of him.
Who told Tom Robinson's wife that he was dead?
Sheriff Gilmer
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
Atticus
Why did Tom Robinson attempt to escape the prison?
He had given up hope.
He was desperate.
He heard his case was hopeless.
both A and B
both A and C
Which textual evidence best supports the idea that Tom Robinson was a victim of racism?
Senseless killing--Tom had been given due process of law to the day of his death; he had been tried openly and convicted by twelve good men and true, my father had fought for him all the way (Lee 276).
Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children" (Lee 276).
Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed (Lee 276).
"The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us..." (Lee 271.
Who helped Scout keep her temper under control during the ladies' luncheon?
Aunt Alexandra
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
Mrs. Merriweather
Which textual evidence supports the theme that it is wrong to hurt the innocent?
Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children (Lee 276).
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103).
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird "(Lee 103).
All of the above
