To Kill a Mockingbird Passage Assessment (ch. 5-7)
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What can be inferred from the line “Our father’s mouth was suspiciously firm, as if he were trying to hold it in line”?
Using context from the passage, what is the definition of retired?
What literary device is this: “...the barking of distant dogs”?
In the last paragraph, what can the reader infer from this line: “He lay down, and for a while I heard his cot trembling.”
What can the reader infer from the line: “From then on, we considered everything we found in the knot-hole our property”?
In the second paragraph, why does Atticus talk directly to Jem?
In the paragraph starting “What Mr. Radley did was…”, what was Atticus trying to get the children to do?
Using the context of this paragraph, asinine can best be defined as:
When Jem says “We weren’t makin’ fun of him, we weren’t laughin’ at him,” he reveals to Atticus:
Using the context of this paragraph, edification can best be defined as:
What does Lee imply when she writes “Jem seemed to swell a little”?
Using the context of this paragraph, quibbling can best be defined as:
The main purpose of the last paragraph is to
Which textual evidence SUPPORTS your answer for question nine?
Why did Scout feel “sick” at the beginning of the passage?
What can the reader infer is the real reason Jem needs to retrieve his pants from the Radley yard?
What does Scout mean when she says “It was then Jem and I first began to part company”?
Using context from the passage, what is the definition of bewilderment?
What literary device is this: “Jem’s white shirt-tail dipped and bobbed like a small ghost dancing away to escape the coming morning”?
What literary device is this: “A faint breeze stirred and cooled the sweat running down my sides”?
Using context from the passage, what is the definition of pilgrimage?
In the first paragraph, how does Scout demonstrate her growing maturity?
Who were the “usual crew” according to the second paragraph?
What literary device is this: “Jem waved my words away as if fanning gnats”?
Based on the context in the passage, breeches can best be defined as:
Who can the reader assume fixed Jem’s pants, based on the facts in paragraph three?
Which textual evidence does NOT support your answer for question 25?
Using context from the passage, what is the definition of grim?
What can the reader infer from this excerpt: “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts”?
The main purpose of the last paragraph is to