To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1 Quiz

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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1 Quiz

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19 questions

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Jem Finch		Is covered by a blanket by Boo Radley
Boo Radley		Hostile, dirty, and ignorant
Miss Caroline		A widow; long-time friend of the Finch family
Aunt Alexandra		Mysterious, “scary” guy down the street
Uncle Jack Finch		Covers his lunch with syrup
Francis		Destroys Mrs. Dubose’s flowers in a fit of anger/rage
Scout Finch		Struggling to learn the values and “country folk” of Maycomb County
Miss Maudie		Stern and traditional; isolates Scout for not being enough of a “lady”
Mrs. Dubose		Fair and caring cook; maternal figure
Walter Cunningham		Gives Jem a white flower in a box; has a morphine addiction
Calpurnia		Picks a fight with Scout on Christmas by making disrespectful comments
Burris Ewell		A doctor; keeps an important promise to Scout in front of Atticus

The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is...(select all that apply)

A major goal the children share during the summers is to

See as many movies as humanly possible

Make Boo Radley come out of his house

Collect the secret tree gifts

Win at strip poker

Scout gets in trouble her first day of school because

She reads and writes

She corrects the teacher’s social mistake

She makes fun of Walter Cunningham

All of the above

Scout is lectured by Calpurnia because of

Her criticism of a houseguest’s eating habits

Her lack of help with house chores

Her punishment at school

All of the above

The student who has “cooties” and calls Miss Caroline Fisher a “snot-nosed slut of a school teacher” is

Scout

Dill

Burris

Walter

In the knothole, the children find

Some chewing gum

Some carved soap dolls

A broken pocket watch

All of the above

This person fills the knothole with cement for this reason…

Nathan Radley; “…says he’s got the other barrel waitin’ for the next sound he hears in that patch…”

Atticus; “Leave that poor man alone.  What he does ain’t none of your business…”

Nathan Radley; “Tree’s dying.  You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick.”

Atticus; “You can’t go around making caricatures of the neighbors.”

Which of the following events happens on Christmas?

Jem and Scout get rifles from Atticus

Uncle Jack disciplines/spanks Scout for cussing and for punching Francis

Scout is forced to sit at the kids’ table by herself

All of the above

All of the following quotes describe Tim Johnson except…

“…a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb.”

“He’s gone lopsided!”

“jumped off the porch… stopped, squatted, turned around and tapped his finger on his forehead...”

“…advanced at a snail’s pace… dedicated to one course and motivated by an invisible force…”

Jem is punished because he destroyed ; his punishment is .

Camellias; To read to Mrs. Dubose daily

Rose bushes; to replant Mrs. Dubose’s entire garden

Camellias; to clean Mrs. Dubose’s house

Tulips; to make Mrs. Dubose dinner

During their snow day, Jem and Scout make a snowman who closely resembles

Mrs. Dubose

Heck Tate

Atticus

Mr. Avery

In Ch. 10, a mockingbird mostly closely symbolizes…

A desire for politicians and law enforcement to get on the same political page

Passive tranquility, turning the other cheek, being a bystander

Purity, innocence, and peace

The deep need for someone to act with integrity and courage in difficult situations

The following characters all make comments about Atticus that are both rude and similar:

Dill, Francis, Burris Ewell

Francis, Cecil Jacobs, Mrs. Dubose

Aunt Alexandra, Miss Maudie, Francis

Miss Caroline, Uncle Jack, Walter Cunningham

Atticus is set to defend in a case against the _.

Tim Johnson; the Cunningham family

Paul Jones; the Ewell family

Tom Robinson; the Ewell family

Bill White; the state of Alabama

QUOTES – Explain what the following quotes mean and why they are significant to the story. Be thorough in your explanations.  The name of the person speaking the quote is in parentheses for your reference.

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"When I went back for my breeches [pants] - they were all in a tangle when I was gettin' out of 'em, I couldn't get 'em loose...When I went back, they were folded across the fence...like they were expectin' me...They'd been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed 'em, like somethin' I'd try to do. All crooked" (Jem, Ch. 7)

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"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can him 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (Atticus, Ch.10)

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“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pound of her. … She was the bravest person I ever knew.” (Atticus, Ch. 11)

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“I do my best to love everybody… baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” (Atticus, Ch. 11)

Jem Finch

Is covered by a blanket by Boo Radley

Boo Radley

Hostile, dirty, and ignorant

Miss Caroline

A widow; long-time friend of the Finch family

Aunt Alexandra

Mysterious, “scary” guy down the street

Uncle Jack Finch

Covers his lunch with syrup

Francis

Destroys Mrs. Dubose’s flowers in a fit of anger/rage

Scout Finch

Struggling to learn the values and “country folk” of Maycomb County

Miss Maudie

Stern and traditional; isolates Scout for not being enough of a “lady”

Mrs. Dubose

Fair and caring cook; maternal figure

Walter Cunningham

Gives Jem a white flower in a box; has a morphine addiction

Calpurnia

Picks a fight with Scout on Christmas by making disrespectful comments

Burris Ewell

A doctor; keeps an important promise to Scout in front of Atticus

The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is...(select all that apply)

the1970s

Winston County, Alabama

Great Depression

Finch's Landing

Southern small town

Civil Rights Movement

Maycomb County, Alabama

1930s

A major goal the children share during the summers is to

See as many movies as humanly possible

Make Boo Radley come out of his house

Collect the secret tree gifts

Win at strip poker

Scout gets in trouble her first day of school because

She reads and writes

She corrects the teacher’s social mistake

She makes fun of Walter Cunningham

All of the above

Scout is lectured by Calpurnia because of

Her criticism of a houseguest’s eating habits

Her lack of help with house chores

Her punishment at school

All of the above

The student who has “cooties” and calls Miss Caroline Fisher a “snot-nosed slut of a school teacher” is

Scout

Dill

Burris

Walter

In the knothole, the children find

Some chewing gum

Some carved soap dolls

A broken pocket watch

All of the above

This person fills the knothole with cement for this reason…

Nathan Radley; “…says he’s got the other barrel waitin’ for the next sound he hears in that patch…”

Atticus; “Leave that poor man alone.  What he does ain’t none of your business…”

Nathan Radley; “Tree’s dying.  You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick.”

Atticus; “You can’t go around making caricatures of the neighbors.”

Which of the following events happens on Christmas?

Jem and Scout get rifles from Atticus

Uncle Jack disciplines/spanks Scout for cussing and for punching Francis

Scout is forced to sit at the kids’ table by herself

All of the above

All of the following quotes describe Tim Johnson except…

“…a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb.”

“He’s gone lopsided!”

“jumped off the porch… stopped, squatted, turned around and tapped his finger on his forehead...”

“…advanced at a snail’s pace… dedicated to one course and motivated by an invisible force…”

Jem is punished because he destroyed ______; his punishment is ______.

Camellias; To read to Mrs. Dubose daily

Rose bushes; to replant Mrs. Dubose’s entire garden

Camellias; to clean Mrs. Dubose’s house

Tulips; to make Mrs. Dubose dinner

During their snow day, Jem and Scout make a snowman who closely resembles

Mrs. Dubose

Heck Tate

Atticus

Mr. Avery

In Ch. 10, a mockingbird mostly closely symbolizes…

A desire for politicians and law enforcement to get on the same political page

Passive tranquility, turning the other cheek, being a bystander

Purity, innocence, and peace

The deep need for someone to act with integrity and courage in difficult situations

The following characters all make comments about Atticus that are both rude and similar:

Dill, Francis, Burris Ewell

Francis, Cecil Jacobs, Mrs. Dubose

Aunt Alexandra, Miss Maudie, Francis

Miss Caroline, Uncle Jack, Walter Cunningham

Atticus is set to defend ______ in a case against the _______.

Tim Johnson; the Cunningham family

Paul Jones; the Ewell family

Tom Robinson; the Ewell family

Bill White; the state of Alabama

QUOTES – Explain what the following quotes mean and why they are significant to the story. Be thorough in your explanations.  The name of the person speaking the quote is in parentheses for your reference.

"When I went back for my breeches [pants] - they were all in a tangle when I was gettin' out of 'em, I couldn't get 'em loose...When I went back, they were folded across the fence...like they were expectin' me...They'd been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed 'em, like somethin' I'd try to do. All crooked" (Jem, Ch. 7)

"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can him 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (Atticus, Ch.10)

“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pound of her. … She was the bravest person I ever knew.” (Atticus, Ch. 11)

“I do my best to love everybody… baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” (Atticus, Ch. 11)