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To Kill A Mockingbird: Part 1 Quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird is:

a)

Simon Finch

b)

Jem Finch

c)

Atticus Finch

d)

Scout Finch

2.

The Point of View the story is told in is:

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

3.

The events of the novel begin in:

a)

1923

b)

1933

c)

1943

d)

1953

e)

1963

4.

Harper Lee wrote and published To Kill A Mockingbird during the:

a)

Great Depression

b)

Prohibition

c)

Women's Suffrage Movement

d)

Civil Rights Movement

5.

__________ ____________ is the name of the Finch family's homestead which was settled by Simon Finch. It is on the Alabama River, about forty miles above Saint Stephens.

(a)  

6.

Which of the following people are members of the Finch family?

a)

Scout

b)

Dill

c)

Miss Maudie

d)

Jack

e)

Alexandra

7.

Dill's real name is:

a)

Charles Baker Harris

b)

Dill Baker Harris

c)

Dill Haverford

d)

Charles Dill Harris

8.

What do you know about Dill?

- Where does he come from?

- With whom does he stay? Why?

- What is he like?

- What is his home life like?

- What is his relationship with Scout and Jem like?

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9.

Calpurnia:

a)

is a slave

b)

is African American

c)

is the Finch family's cook

d)

lives with the Finch family

e)

Came to the Finch family after Scout's mother passed away

10.

On her first day at school Scout gets in trouble with her new young teacher Miss Caroline Fisher. Why?

a)

Because she has cooties

b)

Because she has no lunch

c)

Because she knows how to read

d)

Because she refuses to read

e)

Because she tells Miss Cunningham that she's shamin' Walter Cunningham.

11.

Who says ,"if you can learn a simple trick. Scout, you'll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (p.31)

a)

Jem

b)

Calpurnia

c)

Atticus

d)

Miss Caroline

12.

Which of the following are facts about Boo Radley?

a)

He had been sent to a State Industrial Centre after disturbing the peace with a group of other boys.

b)

Boo was sent to an asylum in Tuscaloosa after he attacked Mr Radley with a pair of scissors

c)

Boo Radley was kept chained to a bed

d)

Boo's family are strict Baptists who believe anything that's pleasure is a sin.

13.

Do you think Atticus is right to tell the children not to play their Boo Radley game?

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

Who does Scout enjoy spending her time with over the summer when Jem and Dill exclude her?

a)

Miss Stephanie Crawford

b)

Miss Maudie Atkinson

c)

Uncle Jack

d)

Miss Rachel Haverford

15.

What gifts do the children find in the old oak tree on the edge of the Radley lot?

a)

Two pieces of chewing gum and two polished Pennies from 1900 and 1906

b)

A copy of The Grey Ghost

c)

A pocket watch on a chain with an aluminium knife.

d)

A ball of grey twine

e)

Two carved soap images that looked like Jem and Scout

16.

Who leaves the gifts for the children?

a)

Mrs Radley

b)

Nathan Radley

c)

Mr Radley Snr

d)

Arthur Radley

17.

What does Jem lose the night the children intrude on the Radley property?

a)

His mind

b)

His pants

c)

His father's stopwatch

d)

His bet

18.

Who do Scout and Jem make a snowman caricature of in their front yard?

a)

Miss Maudie

b)

Miss Caroline

c)

Mr Avery

d)

Boo Radley

19.

Whose house is burned down in a fire?

a)

Miss Maudie's

b)

Miss Caroline's

c)

Mr Avery's

d)

Boo Radley's

20.

Why is the fire significant?

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21.

Scout and Jem's main complaint about their father is that...

a)

He is old and boring

b)

He's a terrible shot

c)

He's racist

d)

He is gone too often

22.

Complete the following quote from Atticus-

"Simply because we were (a)   a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win." (p.82)

23.

Which of the following characters do Jem and Scout not enjoy seeing at Christmas time?

a)

Uncle Jack

b)

Aunt Alexandra

c)

Francis

d)

Uncle Jimmy

24.

What does Atticus give Jem and Scout as a gift for Christmas?

a)

Air rifles

b)

A copy of Tarzan

c)

Stopwatches

d)

A toy chemistry set

25.

When Calpurnia alerts the neighbourhood that Tim Johnson is on on the loose, how does she alert the Radleys?

a)

By telephone

b)

By knocking on the front door

c)

By knocking on the back door

d)

Trick question- she is too afraid of the Radleys to alert them.

26.

Mrs Dubose is best described as:

a)

Friendly and kind

b)

Easy to deal with

c)

Quiet and mysterious

d)

Mean and rude

27.

In your opinion who is the meanest character in the novel so far?

a)

Francis

b)

Uncle Jack

c)

Aunt Alexandra

d)

Mrs Dubose

28.

Tim Johnson is:

a)

Property of Mr Harry Johnson

b)

A rabid, liver-coloured dog

c)

Mr Harry Johnson's slave

d)

Shot dead by Heck Tate

29.

Complete the quote:

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a (a)   ." (p.98)

30.

What crime does Jem commit in To Kill a Mockingbird?

a)

Stealing from a store

b)

Breaking into the Radley house

c)

Vandalising property

d)

Using abusive and profane language on the presence of a hearing female

31.

What punishment does Atticus give Jem?

a)

Reading to Mrs Dubose for hours everyday

b)

Cleaning Mrs Dubose's house

c)

Fixing Mrs Dubose's garden

d)

Trick question- Jem doesn't get caught

32.

Who says: "I wanted you to see what real courage is...It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." (p.121)

a)

Scout

b)

Jem

c)

Mrs Dubose

d)

Atticus

33.

What important lessons has Scout learned in this first part of the narrative?

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