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WorksheetsTKAM Quick Reading Check - Chapters 13-14
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why did Aunt Alexandra come to stay with Scout and Jem?
Atticus invited her
to provide a feminine influence for Scout
Uncle Jimmy wanted a separation
Calpurnia would be quitting
What lie did Scout tell Atticus?
that she had told Aunt Alexandra that she would not wear a dress
that she did not go to Calpurnia's house (when she actually had)
that she would like Aunt Aunt Alexandra to live with them
that she had not fought again with Cecil Jacob
All of the following statements are true about Aunt Alexandra EXCEPT
Maycomb welcomed her.
She did not permit Calpurnia to make the refreshments for her Missionary Society.
She was an incurable gossip.
She said that the Ewells were "fine folks."
Who said that the their generation was "practically the first in the Finch family not to marry its cousins"?
Jem
Atticus
Jack
Alexandra
Aunt Alexandra had a preoccupation with what?
heredity
Maycomb
Lane Cake
Sam Merriweather's suicide
What is NOT true about Maycomb?
The town grew inward.
It owed it's boundaries and distance from the river to Sinkfield - tavern owner.
The characteristics of the various families were not predictable nor distinguishable.
Its primary reason for existence was government.
Who was Lily Brooke?
the cousin Scout did not know
Aunt Alexandra's best friend in Maycomb
the new girl in town
Jem's new girlfriend
Who was Cousin Joshua (according to Aunt Alexandra) ?
someone who tried to shoot the president
a beautiful character
a sewer inspector
a jail bird
What happened when Scout asked Atticus if she could go to Calpurnia's house some afternoon after church?
He said that she could not.
Aunt Alexandra said that she could if Jem went with her.
He said that would be great!
Aunt Alexandra told her that she could not.
What change did Alexandra want to make and Atticus put his foot down and told her no?
She wanted Jem to go to a military school.
She wanted to let Calpurnia go.
She wanted to force Scout to wear a dress.
She wanted to take the kids back to Finch's Landing to stay until after the trial.
Who was "present but silent"?
Dill
Aunt Alexandra
Scout
Boo Radley
Why did Scout and Jem get into a fist fight in Chapter 14?
Jem said he agreed with Aunty and told Scout she should start wearing a dress.
Jem told Scout she needed to behave or he would spank her.
Jem told her that Dill could not stay.
Jem said he was a grown up and he needed to mind her.
Why had Dill run away from home?
He wanted to marry Scout.
He felt that his parents did not want him with them.
He wanted to live with his Aunt Rachel.
His parents are mean to him.
How did Jem break "the remaining code of our childhood"? (according to Scout)
He called Atticus in when they found Dill had run away from home.
He told Atticus that Scout had called Aunt Alexandra a bad name.
He said that he did not want to hang out with Scout any more.
What request does Dill make of Scout?
"Let's run away from home together."
"Could you get me something to eat?"
"Let's get us a baby."
"Please don't call my parents."
What literary technique(s) is used here? - "...faded image of a gray house with sad brown doors."
imagery and characterization
imagery and personification
personification and simile
metaphor and characterizatin
Why had Boo Radley never run off?
He probably was afraid people would be afraid of him.
He didn't have anywhere to run off to.
He was physically locked in the house.
He truly liked Maycomb.
Who always says, "It's not time to worry."
Miss Maudie
Jack
Atticus
Mr. Tate
What is the literary technique used here? - "Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Macomb like a hand into a glove..."
imagery
personification
metaphor
simile
Which two people did Scout ask to explain "rape" to her?
Uncle Jack and Atticus
Calpurnia and Atticus
Aunt Alexandra and Atticus
Jem and Atticus
