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To Kill a Mockingbird- Chapter 1 & Vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Atticus (a)   is a lawyer and father.

2.

Who wrote, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD?

a)

Truman Capote

b)

Harper Lee

c)

Dwayne Johnson

d)

Scout Finch

3.

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

4.

Who is narrating the book?

a)

Atticus FInch

b)

Scout Finch

c)

Jem Finch

d)

Boo Radley

5.

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.

6.
What is Atticus's occupation?
a)
doctor
b)
farmer
c)
lawyer
d)
undertaker
7.

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

a)

Cunninghams

b)

Radleys

c)

Finches

d)

Ewell

8.
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
9.

What are the children most fascinated by in the first part of the book?

a)

talking to Miss Maudie

b)

Reading Books

c)

seeing Boo Bradley

d)

Going to school

10.
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.
11.
What does "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view[…] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" mean? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
You should consider someone's situation and background before passing judgment on them.
b)
You should skin people and wear them as human suits before passing judgment on them.
c)
Looks alone are not what matters.
d)
People only act the way they do because of their ancestry.
12.

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

13.

Interrupting people tends to __________ them, especially if you do it repeatedly.

a)

manifest

b)

vanquish

c)

irk

d)

retort

14.

Seldom: Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.


Which word could replace seldom?

a)

always

b)

not very often

15.

What is Scout's real name?

a)

Jean Louise

b)

Louise Marie

c)

May Louise

d)

Josie May

16.

Atticus' approach to parenting is described as...

a)

lazy and disinteresting

b)

patient and understanding

c)

strict and severe

d)

unpredictable and moody

17.

Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

a)

Mockingbirds are haunted and bring bad luck

b)

it is a sin

c)

they are used for breeding so their population doesn't die out

d)

They cause no harm, all they do is sing

18.

What are the two "orders" Jem has for Scout on the first day of school?

a)

Don't talk to me, don't hang around me.

b)

Don't read, don't write.

c)

Don't stay at school for lunch, don't raise your hand.

d)

Don't talk back to your teacher, don't make other kids look bad.

19.

What is the name of the cook who helps the Finches?

a)

Calpurnia

b)

Capricorn

c)

Cassanova

d)

Clemente

20.

Who does Scout discuss with her teacher, trying to help him out?

a)

Boo Radley

b)

Walter Cunningham

c)

Dill

d)

Burris Ewell

21.

From whose point of view is the story told?

a)

Jem

b)

Scout

c)

Unnamed Narrator

d)

Boo Radley

22.

Who is Charles Baker Harris?

a)

newspaper publisher and editor

b)

Scout and Jem's summer friend

c)

neighborhood friend; bakes cakes

d)

Scout’s classmate; poor but proud

23.

Who is Tom Robinson?

a)

a mad dog with rabies

b)

narrator of story 

c)

accused of assault and rape 

d)

morphine addict

24.

To be ____________________ is to be poor.

a)

photographed

b)

prestigious

c)

impoverished

d)

specialized

25.

Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows.

What is the MOOD of this passage?

a)

NEUTRAL

The person living in the house is a typical neighbor in Maycomb.

b)

EERIE

The house and the person living in it gives those living in the town an eerie feeling.

c)

JOYFUL

People loved the people and the house on their street