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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 17-31

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Atticus ask Bob Ewell if he can write?

a)

To prove he is illiterate.

b)

To prove he is left-handed.

c)

To embarrass him on the stand

d)

He doesn't ask him this.

2.

What question does Atticus repeatedly ask Heck Tate and Bob Ewell?

a)

If anyone called a doctor.

b)

If Mayella was crying when they found her.

c)

If they considered themselves racist.

d)

If they actually assaulted Mayella.

3.

How could Mayella Ewell's demeanor on the witness stand best be described?

a)

Afraid and defensive

b)

Unbothered and bored

c)

Confident and smug

d)

Malicious and condescending

4.

What does Mayella think Atticus and the jury are doing to her?

a)

Flirting with her

b)

Yelling at her

c)

Being understanding and kind

d)

Mocking her

5.

Why can't Tom use his left hand?

a)

It got caught in a cotton gin.

b)

He can, he is just lying.

c)

It was cut off in the war.

d)

He just doesn't want to.

6.

Who is Dolphus Raymond?

a)

Tom Robinson's cousin

b)

Dill's real father

c)

A rich white man who has a family with a Black woman

d)

Tom Robinson's employer who defends him

7.

What does Dolphus Raymond lie about?

a)

Being rich

b)

Being an alcoholic

c)

Being from the South

d)

Being a supporter of Bob Ewell

8.

Who does Atticus suggest is responsible for Mayella's physical and sexual assault?

a)

Heck Tate

b)

Burris Ewell

c)

Bob Ewell

d)

Mr. Link Deas

9.

How does Jem feel throughout most of the trial?

a)

Confident that Atticus will win.

b)

Depressed that the case is doomed.

c)

Bored and wants to go home.

d)

Annoyed that he has to stay in the balcony.

10.

How does Atticus react to Bob Ewell spitting in his face after the trial?

a)

He calls Heck Tate and has Bob arrested

b)

He spits right back in Bob's face

c)

He wipes his face and does not retaliate

d)

He punches Bob, but quickly apologizes afterwards

11.

What will be Tom Robinson sentence if Atticus is unable to secure an appeal?

a)

Death

b)

Life in prison

c)

25 years

d)

Exile

12.

What do the women at the missionary circle complain about?

a)

Hitler and his persecution of the Jewish people

b)

Their Black servants reaction to the trial.

c)

The local politics in Maycomb.

d)

Jem's misbehavior

13.

What "mission" do the women in the missionary circle discuss?

a)

J. Grimes Everett work with an African tribe

b)

J. Grimes Everett work with a community in Germany

c)

Mrs. Merriweather's work with a village in Argentina

d)

Mrs. Merriweather's work with a town in Mississippi

14.

What do the circumstances of Tom's death tell us about the people who killed him?

a)

They accidentally killed him.

b)

They ultimately had the intent to kill.

15.

What is Maycomb's reaction to Tom's death?

a)

It divides the town for many years.

b)

The community holds a vigil that gets interrupted by Bob Ewell

c)

The whole community brings flowers and food to the Robinson's home

d)

They discuss it for two days and then forget about it.

16.

What does Scout's third grade teacher, Miss Gates, think about Hitler's persecution of the Jewish people?

a)

It is a terrible injustice

b)

It is justified

c)

It is fascist, just like Maycomb.

d)

She doesn't know about what is happening

17.

What does Scout think about Miss Gates?

a)

She is thoughtful

b)

She is a hypocrite

c)

She is a mess

d)

She is her new role model

18.

After the trial, who becomes "just as forgotten as Tom Robinson?"

a)

Atticus Finch

b)

Dolphus Raymond

c)

Bob Ewell

d)

Scout Finch

19.

What does Bob Ewell do after the trial and Tom's death?

a)

Threatens Judge Taylor and Helen Robinson

b)

Threatens Mr. Underwood and Mr. Deas

c)

Makes amends with Atticus

d)

Becomes a recluse

20.

On their way to the pageant, who scares Scout and Jem?

a)

Burris Ewell

b)

Bob Ewell

c)

Cecil Jacobs

d)

Heck Tate

21.

Though we find out later that Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout on their way back, what hint do we get that it was Bob?

a)

He was whispering about the trial

b)

Scout saw his face

c)

Scout smells whiskey

d)

Scout hears Mayella shouting for her father

22.

Who kills Bob Ewell?

a)

Jem

b)

Arthur Radley

c)

Scout

d)

Bob Ewell

23.

Who says, "let the dead bury the dead?"

a)

Judge Taylor

b)

Atticus

c)

Scout

d)

Heck Tate

24.

Where does Scout escort Arthur at the end of the book?

a)

Back to the woods

b)

To the jail

c)

Back to his house

d)

To Miss Maudie's

25.

What is the final image that we get of Scout and Atticus in the book?

a)

Atticus reading to Scout

b)

Atticus reprimanding Scout for being in the woods.

c)

Scout reads to Atticus

d)

Scout recounting the story of being attacked by Bob Ewell