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To Kill a Mockingbird Comprehension Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Q. 

Who wrote, "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

a)

Danzo Kirton

b)

Pepper Lee

c)

John Boyne

d)

Harper Lee

2.

 Where is the setting of the novel?

a)

Maycomb, Wyoming

b)

Mississippi river

c)

Maycomb, Texas

d)

Maycomb, Alabama

3.

The person who taught Scout how to read was.....

a)

Ms. Fisher

b)

Calpurnia

c)

Jem

d)

Atticus

4.

This person is rumoured to be a person with a very unstable state of mind.

a)

Boo Radley

b)

Nathan Radley

c)

Mrs. Radley

d)

All of the above.

5.

What is Atticus' occupation?

a)

Merchant

b)

Doctor

c)

Professor

d)

None of the them

6.

What is Dill's real name?

a)

Charles Baker Harris

b)

Charlie Baker Harris

c)

Charles Burnham Harris

d)

Charles Dikinson

7.

What is Dill's challenge to Jem in Chapter 1?

a)

Get inside the Radley house.

b)

Send a message to Boo Radley.

c)

Touch the pole near the Radley house.

d)

Intimidate Boo Radley.

8.

Which of the following is true about the novel?

a)

The novel employed flashback.

b)

The novel followed a linear plot. 

c)

The novel was not narrated in 1st Person

d)

All of the above

9.

Why was Caroline Fisher mad at Scout being able to read?

a)

Because Scout was too intelligent for her age.

b)

Because Scout was too noisy.

c)

Because Scout did not properly learn how to read.

d)

Because Scout was very talkative. 

10.

Who did Scout invite to take a lunch with her family?

a)

Walter Cunningham

b)

Allan Pappas

c)

Burris Ewell

d)

some unnamed kid

11.

Does not consider Calpurnia to be a good motherly figure for Jem and Scout

a)

Dill

b)

Bob Ewell

c)

Miss Maudie

d)

Ant Alexandra

12.

 How did Atticus convince Scout to continue going to school?

a)

By baking delicious cakes

b)

By bringing Scout to school every day

c)

By continuing their reading sessions

13.

How old is Scout when the book begins? 

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

14.

Calpurnia acts like a ______ to Scout and Jem.

a)

Friend

b)

mother

c)

maid

d)

sister

15.

What advice does Atticus give Scout?

a)

do not speak unless spoken to 

b)

walk in another person's shoes and consider their perspective

c)

cheat off the person sitting next to her

16.

What is the meaning of ; To kill a mockingbird in the novel

a)

They need to be killed

b)

A Bird attacking Maycomb, Alabama

c)

Destroy the innocent

17.

What is the name of the character who visits the Finch children in the summer, and likes to play the Boo Radley game with them?

a)

Dill

b)

Jem

c)

Scout

d)

Walter

18.

How do Jem and Dill plan to send a note to Boo Radley?

a)

They plan to put the note in the Radley's mailbox.

b)

They plan to ring the doorbell and give it to Mrs. Radley.

c)

They plan to put a note in the knot-hole of the tree.

d)

They plan to put the note on a fishing pole and stick it through the shutters of the Radley house.

19.

What does the kid's play reveal about the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird?

a)

Love is a result of constant reassurance.

b)

Children are thermostats of their environment; they will mirror what they see and hear

c)

Scout and Jem are vile and disrespectful

20.

As the novel progresses, the tone does not become increasingly dark, and critical of society

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Lesson lectured by the author in this novel

a)

Is not about money that make us rich

b)

Is about simplicity of having God in our lives

c)

To keep figthing no matter what

22.

Themes of the story are not ; the coexistence of good and evil as well as the importance of moral education

a)

YES

b)

NO

23.

Who is the narrator of the story ?

a)

Jem

b)

Atticus

c)

Miss Maudie

d)

Scout

24.

One of the main conflicts was ....

a)

Insecurity at Maycomb, Alabama

b)

Economical issues in Maycomb, Alabama

c)

Lack of justice

25.

From the novel, What is the meaning of the phrase: "Put yourselve in other people's shoes "

a)

Social campaign

b)

Recommendation

c)

Lesson learned