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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long do Jean Louise's annual visits home last?

2. How wide is Maycomb County described as in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 8 as "the political symbol of everything [Jean Louise's] father and men like him despised"?

4. Who is the organ player at church in Part 3, Chapter 7?

5. What is the one time that Jean Louise wore a hat, according to the narrator in Part 3, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Henry pointing out how Jean Louise drinks her coffee in Part 2, Chapter 4?

2. How would you describe Alexandra’s perceptions of race? How does she regard the pamphlet Jean Louise finds?

3. How would you describe Henry and Jean Louise’s past? What does the author reveal of their history through exposition in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. From what narrative perspective is Go Set a Watchman related?

5. What indication does Jean Louise give that she will in fact marry Henry in Part 2, Chapter 5?

6. How is the theme of trust illustrated in Part 3, Chapter 6?

7. Who is Mr. O’Hanlon? What is revealed of his character in Part 3, Chapter 8?

8. Who is Jem? How is this character described? How did Jem die?

9. What can be discerned of Jean Louise’s character based on her remarks about Edgar to Alexandra in Part 1, Chapter 2?

10. What does Henry reveal about Atticus’s health in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the guests at Jean Louise’s “Welcome Home” Coffee hosted by Alexandra. What views are exposed regarding the guests? How does Jean Louise fit in with this crowd of women? What are her perceptions of herself amongst Maycomb society?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the differences between characterizations of Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird. How did this character evolve in Harper Lee’s drafts? Why do you think the character changed? Do you think that Atticus is more realistic in one novel over the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What earlier trial of Atticus Finch’s is referred to in Go Set a Watchman? How is this trial displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird? In what ways does the trial connect the two novels?

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