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WorksheetsTo Kill a Mockingbird Part 2
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 26mins
Harper Lee, author of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, chose to structure the story with Scout retelling the story as one giant flashback because:
She wanted her narrator to be able to tell the story through the eyes of a child, but she also wanted the narrator to be able to add commentary filled with maturity and adult-like awareness of the world around her.
She wanted to tell the story in chronological order (from beginning to end) so the reader wouldn't get confused.
She wanted readers to understand the events of the story as only a child would. She didn't want any wisdom or insight that an adult might offer.
She thought the flashback would make the plot simple and easy to understand.
Directions: Read the lines above each question. Choose the sentence or phrase that best creates suspense in the passage.
"Hush a minute, Scout," he said, pinching me.
We walked along silently. "Minute's up," I said. "Whatcha thinkin' about?" I turned to look at him, but his outline was barely visible.
"Thought I heard something," he said. "Stop a minute."
We stopped.
"Hear anything?" he asked.
"Hush a minute, Scout," he said, pinching me.
We stopped.
We walked along silently.
We had not gone five paces before he made me stop again. "Jem, are you tryin' to scare me? You know I'm too old--"
"Be quiet," he said, and I knew he was not joking.
The night was still. I could hear his breath coming easily beside me. Occasionally there was a sudden breeze that hit my bare legs, but it was all that remained of a promised windy night. This was the stillness before a thunderstorm. We listened.
"Heard an old dog just then," I said.
The line that creates the most suspense in the above passage is:
We had not gone five paces before he made me stop again.
"Be quiet," he said, and I knew he was not joking.
"Heard an old dog just then," I said.
"You reckon we oughta sing, Jem?"
"No. Be real quiet again, Scout."
We had not increased our pace. Jem knew as well as I that it was difficult to walk fast without stumping a toe, tripping on stones, and other inconveniences, and I was barefooted. Maybe it was the wind rustling the trees except the big oak.
Our company shuffled and dragged his feet, as if wearing heavy shoes. Whoever it was wore thick cotton pants; what I thought were trees rustling was the soft swish of cotton on cotton, wheek wheek with every step.
The line that creates suspense in the above passage is:
"You reckon we oughta sing, Jem?"
"No. Be real quiet again, Scout."
We had not increased our pace...
Consider this theme: It can be painful to lose our innocence as we mature into adults.
Which of the following events DOES NOT help advance (develop) this theme?
Dill runs away from his mother and new step-father in Meridian after they have no interest in spending time with him.
Jem realizes the awful cruelty of the world and the simple hell people give people just because they may be different in some way.
Scout realizes that there is nothing wrong with defending her father and beating up those children who call him mean names.
Which topic is NOT addressed by the novel in general?
Racism
Revenge
Mature romantic love
coming of age (growing up)
Which paragraph or quote best presents the theme of protecting goodness and innocence rather than destroying it?
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - Atticus Finch
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” - Atticus Finch
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.” - Scout Finch
“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.” -Miss Maudie Atkinson
During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were treated as second-class citizens.
Which of the following quotations from the text illustrate this statement?
"The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption--the evil assumption--that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber."
"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." -Atticus Finch
“Try fighting with your head for a change...
it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.” - Atticus Finch
“You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.” - Scout Finch
“See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin.” - Jem Finch
Read the following passage.
The night was still. I could hear his breath coming easily beside me. Occasionally there was a sudden breeze that hit my bare legs, but it was all that remained of a promised windy night. This was the stillness before a thunderstorm. We listened.
"Heard an old dog just then," I said.
"It's not that, " Jem answered. "I hear it when we're walkin' along, but when we stop I don't hear it."
"You hear my costume rustlin'. Aw, it's just Halloween got you..."
I said it more to convince myself than Jem, for sure enough, as we began walking, I heard what he was talking about. It was not my costume.
What does the bolded phrase foreshadow?
The night when the kids were watching Atticus sit outside the jail to protect Tom Robinson from the gang.
The days right before Tom Robinson's trial when the whole town went crazy.
The night when Bob Ewell attacks the children and Boo Radley saves them from being murdered.
The night when Mr. Nathan shot the gun after the kids were sneaking around Boo Radley's yard.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the symbol of the mockingbird represents:
freedom for all people
innocence and beauty of certain creatures and humans
losing a best friend
the beauty of nature
Mrs. Dubose's main purpose in the plot is:
to teach Jem a lesson about courage and human understanding.
to illustrate Southern prejudice.
to show a stereotype of a senile, old lady.
to read Ivanhoe to Jem and Scout.
Bob Ewell's main purpose in the plot is:
to show the personality of a crazy gentleman.
to represent an understanding father.
to be a member of the lynch mob.
to represent a stereotype of Southern people of poverty.
Boo Radley's main purpose in the plot is:
to show the personality of a crazy recluse.
to provide adventure.
to help Jem and Scout learn a lesson about forgiveness.
to provide mystery and suspense to the story.
When Atticus is confronted by a group of men outside Tom Robinson’s cell, the group of men at the jail disperse because:
Scout's words make them feel like individuals, and they are able to put themselves in Atticus's shoes.
Heck Tate was holding a gun on them.
Tom Robinson was no longer in the jail.
Atticus told them to go home, and they listened because they have a great deal of respect for Atticus.
Scout acquires an important realization during Tom's testimony. What is it?
She realizes Mayella must be a very content person.
She realizes Mayella doesn't "fit in" anywhere.
Tom was motivated by greed to help Mayella.
All of the above.
The story takes place during
the Great Depression.
present day.
the Civil War.
the Civil Rights Movement.
How many women served on Tom Robinson's jury?
one
none
two
four
Atticus accepts Tom Robinson's case because
the citizens want him to.
he needs the money.
he knows he will win.
he is morally committed to it (he knows it's the right thing to do.)
Scout learns to understand people by following Atticus's advice to
go to school.
walk around in their "skin."
learn their family backgrounds.
none of the above.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a theme for To Kill a Mockingbird?
Good and evil coexist.
Moral education is important.
Social inequality exists.
Good things come to those who are patient.
Jem tells Miss Maudie: "It's like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is...like something asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best in the world, least that's what they seemed like."
The type of conflict in these lines is:
character vs. character
character vs. self
character vs. nature
character vs. society
Atticus tells Jem: "I don't know why they did it, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do--seems that only children weep."
The type of conflict represented in these lines is:
character vs. character
character vs. self
character vs. nature
character vs. society
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus scolds Scout for speaking disrespectfully to Aunt Alexandra. This is an example of:
internal conflict
external conflict
To Kill a Mockingbird is told from what perspective?
first person
third person omniscient
third person limited
This description of the Radley house in To Kill a Mockingbird:
"...was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it. Rain rotted shingles drooped over the edge of the veranda..." is an example of:
conflict
theme
imagery
symbolism
Choose the sentence that uses the word acrimonious incorrectly.
The acrimonious student called another student names.
The student acrimonious to the other student.
That student is acrimonious.
Choose the sentence that uses the word concede incorrectly.
The conceded person stared at himself all day.
The student conceded the grade.
Sometimes you have to concede in an argument.
Choose the sentence that uses the word connivance incorrectly.
If you are silent when wrongdoing happens, you are in connivance with whoever is doing wrong.
I’m worried that a student, who I thought was nice, actually acts with connivance toward others.
In order to be kind to others, you must use connivance.
Choose the sentence that uses the word elucidate incorrectly.
Hopefully, your teachers elucidate their subjects well.
The confusing directions elucidate the material.
In order to fully explain a topic, you must elucidate.
Choose the sentence that uses the word forthright incorrectly.
People have told me that I am forthright.
The student was shy and forthright.
People with strong beliefs are forthright.
Choose the sentence that uses the word haughty correctly.
Haughty people get on my nerves.
Friendly people are haughty.
When talking with people, try to be haughty.
Choose the sentence that uses the word rile correctly.
The friendly students riled people with their pleasant actions.
The dogs were riled up, wagging their tails happily at the neighbors.
If you want to rile people up, set unrealistic rules.
Choose the sentence that uses the word stifle correctly.
Encouraging students to speak, the teacher stifled them.
People’s opinions should not be stifled in a democracy.
Therapists stifle their clients.
Choose the sentence that uses the word tedious correctly.
Making test questions can be tedious.
The tedious test didn’t actually take that long to complete.
Due to the shortness of the tedious test questions, the students weren’t tired at all.
Choose the sentence that uses the word terse correctly.
The terse person came across as kind and approachable.
During the teacher’s terse explanation, many people fell asleep because it took so long.
I have been told that I can be terse in my responses to others.
Choose which motive, sentiment, or condition influenced each character's actions.
Bob Ewell
vengenance
adolescence
fear and shyness
Choose which motive, sentiment, or condition influenced each character's actions.
Boo Radley
vengenance
adolescence
fear and shyness
Choose which motive, sentiment, or condition influenced each character's actions.
Jem Finch
family pride
adolescence
fear and shyness
Choose which motive, sentiment, or condition influenced each character's actions.
Aunt Alexandra
family pride
desire to "die free"
fear and shyness
Choose which motive, sentiment, or condition influenced each character's actions.
Mrs. Dubose
family pride
desire to "die free"
fear and shyness
This character cried over the guilty verdict.
Scout
Atticus
Jem
She lost her home in a fire.
Aunt Alexandra
Calpurnia
Miss Maudie
