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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 1-2

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD?

a)

Christopher from Swindon

b)

Harper Lee

c)

Ms. Torres

d)

Scout Finch

2.

What is the setting of the novel?

a)

Maycomb, Alabama 1900's

b)

Maycomb, Alabama, 1930's

c)

Meridian, Mississippi, 1930's

d)

Meridian, Mississippi, 1900's

3.

What historical event is happening in the 1930s?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Slavery in the South

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Civil Rights Movement

4.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A time period when the South was getting desegregated. MLK and Rosa Parks played a big role in this.

b)

A time period when the U.S. had a vibrant, thriving economy.

c)

A time period when the North and South were fighting over the issue of slavery.

d)

A time period when the stock market crashed and the U.S. was going through economic hardship.

5.

Who is narrating the book?

a)

Atticus FInch

b)

Scout Finch

c)

Jem Finch

d)

Boo Radley

6.

Who is Jem?

a)

Scout's father

b)

Scout's uncle

c)

The boy who comes over every summer from Mississippi

d)

Scout's brother

7.

What happened to the narrator’s brother, Jem, when he was about thirteen years old?

a)

He broke his leg.

b)

He broke his arm.

c)

He broke his collarbone.

d)

He suffered a broken heart.

8.

Who is Atticus?

a)

Scout's brother

b)

Scout's cook

c)

Scout's father

d)

Scout's teacher

9.
What is Atticus's occupation?
a)
doctor
b)
farmer
c)
lawyer
d)
undertaker
10.
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)
Scout
c)
Jem
d)
Walter
11.

What are the children most fascinated by?

a)

talking to Miss Maudie

b)

Reading Books

c)

seeing (Arthur) Boo Radley

d)

Going to school

12.

The Radleys are different than other families in Maycomb because

a)

they keep to themselves

b)

they give large dinner parties

c)

they own slaves

d)

their house was a mansion compared to the other houses in town

13.

The Radley place attracts the children because

a)

Mrs. Radley bakes sweets and feeds the neighborhood children frequently

b)

The Radleys are rich and have nice toys to play with

c)

Mystery surrounds the house and the family due to rumors of a “phantom” living inside

d)

The house is abandoned and the children like to throw rocks at the house’s windows

14.

According to town gossip, when Arthur Radley got into trouble, his father

a)

beat him nearly to death

b)

kept him home and out of sight for fifteen years

c)

allowed Arthur to attend a reformatory school

d)

killed him

15.

What are some rumors the town makes about Boo Radley? Choose THREE.

a)

He was chained to the bed for 15 years.

b)

He died in his jail cell and came back to haunt people.

c)

He stabbed his father, Mr. Radley, with scissors.

d)

He comes out at night.

16.

Which family doesn't take anything that they can't pay back?

a)

Cunninghams

b)

Radleys

c)

Finches

d)

Ewell

17.
How do the Cunninghams pay their debts?
a)
They pay with food and crops that they grow on their farm
b)
They wash windows and do yard work for the school.
c)
They don't pay their debts back.
d)
Atticus pays their debts for them.
18.

This character is poor and was invited over for lunch. He poured molasses (syrup) all over his lunch.

a)

Walter Cunningham

b)

Burris Ewell

c)

Scout Finch

d)

Dill Harris

19.

Who is Calpurnia?

a)

The mother

b)

The teacher

c)

The sitter

d)

The cook

20.

Scout called out Walter Cunningham for using up a lot of molasses for lunch. Calpurnia scolded Scout and taught her a lesson.

What lesson did Calpurnia teach Scout?

a)

Treating other people as company regardless of how much money they have.

b)

Being a good friend.

c)

Being a quiet kid.

d)

Do not judge other people by their cover.

21.
Calpurnia acts like a ______ to Scout and Jem.
a)
maid
b)
mother
c)
sister
d)
friend
22.

Who is the small boy Jem and Scout become friends with?

(a)  

23.

Which child is known for being disrespectful and disruptive?

a)

Scout Finch

b)

Walter Cunningham

c)

Burris Ewell

d)

Jean Louise

24.

What are 'Maycomb's ways'?

a)

Strange, different things that happen in Maycomb.

b)

Traditional (normal) things that happen in Maycomb like going to church on Sundays.

c)

A street in Maycomb.

25.

What can last names say about people in Maycomb? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

Their reputation

b)

How much money they have

c)

Where they live

d)

How much money they have

26.

Why doesn't Miss Caroline (Scout's teacher) know who the Cunninghams, Ewells, etc. are?

a)

She is not from Maycomb

b)

She hadn't lived in Maycomb in over 15 years