To Kill a Mockingbird Test Questions

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1. Atticus teaches Scout to:

• stop daydreaming and focus on reality
• fight kids bigger than herself
• consider things from another’s point of view
• play football like a boy

2. Who was “the bravest person” Atticus ever knew?

• Miss Maudie
• Mrs. Dubose
• Tom Robinson
• Uncle Jack Finch

3. Which is NOT part of Jem’s description of Boo Radley?

• he is 6½ feet tall
• he has a long scar on his face
• he eats raw squirrels and cats
• he kidnaps children who are bad

4. What does Scout’s cousin, Francis, call Atticus?

• nigger-lover
• liar
• coward
• cockroach

5. Where is the novel set?

• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Georgia
• Louisiana

6. On her first day of school, what makes Scout realize she is different than the other students?

• she is not prejudiced
• she is afraid to speak her mind
• she can read and write
• she is rich, by the town’s standards

7. Which is NOT part of the plot of a story?

• exposition
• resolution
• climax
• theme

8. A novel can be defined as

• a fictional story with about 50,000 words
• a chapter book that is only about one story
• any long story, fiction or non-fiction
• a long book with little to no pictures

9. To Kill a Mockingbird is told from whose point-of-view?

• Harper Lee
• an unknown female narrator
• Scout
• Jem

10. The fire, the snowman, the mad-dog, mockingbirds and Boo Radley are all examples of

• symbolism
• foreshadowing
• irony
• characterization

11. Who leaves gifts for Scout and Jem in the tree?

• Atticus
• Boo Radley
• Miss Caroline
• Calpurnia

12. Which of the following is NOT a gift that was left in the tree?

• two soap figures
• a stopwatch
• gum
• two new pencils

13. When Jem destroys Mrs. Dubose’s camellias his punishment is to

• read to her for 1 month
• stay inside the house for 1 month
• take her for walks
• write her an apology

14. What is unusual about the winter of 1885?

• it is unseasonably warm
• the children visit Aunt Alexandria
• it snows
• there isn’t enough money to buy Christmas presents

15. Whose house burns down?

• Miss Caroline’s
• Miss Maudie’s
• The Finch’s
• The Radley’s

16. Scout teaching Uncle Jack a lesson about parenting is an example of

• a metaphor
• irony
• a simile
• personification

17. The point of view in TKAM can be defined as

• 1^st person limited
• 2^nd person
• 3^rd person, limited
• 3^rd person, omniscient

18. “She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop,” is an example of

• a metaphor
• irony
• a simile
• personification

19. Which of the following is an example of a literary allusion?

• “You can’t understand a person…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
• “Let this cup pass from you, eh?”
• “It’s not time to worry yet,”
• “You’re real nice Uncle Jack… but you don’t understand children much."

1. avid gardener who is very open-minded
2. only comes to the first day of school every year
3. father who treats his kids as adults
4. the author of To Kill a Mockingbird
5. the mad dog who Atticus kills with one shot
6. mother-figure for Scout and Jem
7. neighbor who battles a morphine addiction
8. seals the children’s tree with cement
9. a group who takes the Bible literally
10. lives in Meridian, summer buddy
11. Scout’s protector and best friend
12. mysterious neighbor who piques the kids interest
13. a tom-boy who settles disputes by fighting
14. a poor student who comes home with Jem and Scout for dinner
15. Learns a lesson about parenting from Scout