WorksheetsTo Kill A Mockingbird
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Where is the novel set?
Maycomb, Alabama
Maycomb, Georgia
Maycomb, Tennessee
Maycomb, Mississippi
What historical event was taking place during the novel?
World War I
9/11
The Great Depression
Civil War
Who is the Author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
William Shakespeare
Harper Lee
Charles Dickinson
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What point of view is the book written?
First
Second
Third
What does Scout learn from Atticus about how to get along with people?
To look at things from their point of view
To ignore them
Debate with them
Share your views
Who said, “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep. Good night.”
Scout
Atticus
Dill
Heck Tate
Dolphus Raymond
Who said, “There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.”
Scout
Atticus
Dill
Heck Tate
Dolphus Raymond
Who said, “It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.”
Scout
Atticus
Dill
Heck Tate
Dolphus Raymond
Who said, “I don’t care one speck. It ain’t right, somehow it ain’t right to do ‘em that way. Hasn’t anybody got any business talkin’ like that- it just makes me sick.”
Scout
Atticus
Dill
Heck Tate
Dolphus Raymond
Who said, “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”
Scout
Atticus
Dill
Heck Tate
Dolphus Raymond
Atticus defending Tom Robinson.
Tolerance of others
Clear Conscience/doing the right thing
Man’s inhumanity towards man
Friendship
Mrs. Dubose fighting her morphine addiction.
Religion
Maturity/Coming of age
Courage
Hypocrisy
Tom Robinson being found guilty by the jury.
Tolerance of others
Courage
Hypocrisy
Racism/prejudice
Calpurnia taking Jem and Scout to church.
Maturity/Coming of age
Clear Conscience/doing the right thing
Religion
Man’s inhumanity towards man
Atticus tolerating the way Bob acts.
Tolerance of others
Friendship
Courage
Man’s inhumanity towards man
Scout, Jem, and Dill’s summers together.
Friendship
Courage
Clear Conscience/doing the right thing
Hypocrisy
Bob attacking Jem and Scout.
Man’s inhumanity towards man
Racism/prejudice
Courage
Hypocrisy
The Ladies Missionary Circle.
Religion
Friendship
Hypocrisy
Tolerance of others
Jem getting a slice of cake from the big cake.
Clear Conscience/doing the right thing
Friendship
Religion
Maturity/Coming of age
When Calpurnia takes the children to her church they discover which of the following?
Cal’s church looks just like the church they attend
Cal’s church doesn’t meet weekly
Cal’s church doesn’t have hymn books
Cal’s church doesn’t sing songs
Overall, how are the children welcomed at Calpurnia’s church?
Everyone ignores the children
The people ask the children to leave
Everyone is mean to them
It’s an honor to have Atticus’ children at their church
Why does Aunt Alexandra come to live with the Finch’s?
Her house burnt down
Atticus is busy with the trial and could use the extra help
She is lonely at home
She misses the children and wants to spend quality time
Scout finds Dill under her bed after which event?
She just got home from school
She just woke up and was going to the bathroom
She was cleaning her room
She and Jem were fighting
Dill ran away from home for which of the following reasons?
He missed Scout and Jem
He felt that his parents didn't need him
He wanted to join the circus
He missed Aunt Rachel
Who appointed Atticus to be Tom Robinson’s lawyer?
Atticus Volunteered
Judge Taylor
Tom Robinson
The citizens of Maycomb
Why does Atticus “sit guard” in front of the jailhouse?
Men want to free Tom Robinson
Men want to kill Tom Robinson
His part time job is a security guard
He likes to read alone in the dark
How does Scout “save” her father and Tom Robinson?
She kicks the men in the shins
She runs to get Heck Tate
She cries and the men feel guilty
She starts a conversation with Mr. Cunningham
It is significant that the jury takes a while to deliberate about the case because:
Not everyone thought Tom was guilty
It could signify a change of beliefs
It offers hope for the future
All of the above
Dill reacts to the trial by doing which of the following?
He falls asleep because he is bored
He throws up his lunch
He cries because he is sad and angry
He creates a game of the proceedings
Who speaks to Scout and Dill outside the courthouse?
Dolphus Raymond
Link Deas
Reverend Sykes
Judge Taylor
The “colored section” of the courtroom acknowledges Atticus in what way?
They all stand up when he exits
They clap for him when he walks out
They take off their hats when he exits
They line up to shake his hand
After the case, Bob does which of the following to Atticus?
He slits his car tires
He breaks his window
He spits in his face
He doesn’t bother him at all
Even though the Ewells win the case, Bob is still angry because:
He wanted to win a monetary settlement
He thinks no one believes their story
He wants Tom to apologize for what he did
He isn’t angry, he is happy with the verdict
Jem and Scout walk home alone in the dark from:
A Thanksgiving play at school
Miss Maudie’s house
Dill’s house
A Halloween pageant at school
When walking home in the dark, the children think they are being followed by:
Cecil Jacobs
Bob Ewell
Boo Radley
Dill
Which character kills Bob Ewell?
Scout
Jem
Heck Tate
Boo Radley
How is Bob Ewell killed?
He hits his head on a rock
With a knife
He is shot
His neck is broken
Who tells Atticus that Heck Tate’s assessment of the murder is correct?
Aunt Alexandra
Miss Maudie
Scout
No one, they all think Tate is wrong
Atticus is afraid that he will “lose” Jem because he thinks:
Jem actually killed Bob & Heck wants him to lie
That Jem might die
That Jem will be mad at him
That Jem will run away
