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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, where did Atticus Finch go to study law?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Mobile, Alabama.
(d) Hartford, Connecticut.

2. What does Atticus say the Ewell family patriarch spends his relief checks on in Chapter 3?
(a) Horse races.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Whiskey.

3. What is the name of Scout's schoolteacher in Chapter 2?
(a) Miss Sarah Roberts.
(b) Miss Julie Anderson.
(c) Miss Cathy Smith.
(d) Miss Caroline Fisher.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Scout says that Maycomb County is experiencing the coldest winter since what year?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1885.

5. How much money does Scout's teacher offer to loan to the little boy who has no lunch with him in Chapter 2?
(a) 2 dollars.
(b) 1 dollar.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 10 cents.

6. What game does Miss Maudie say Atticus is the best at in town in Chapter 10?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Poker.
(d) Basketball.

7. How far is Maycomb from Finch's Landing?
(a) 40 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

8. What kind of car does Atticus Finch own and keep in the garage?
(a) A Rolls-Royce.
(b) A Subaru.
(c) A Chevrolet.
(d) A Ford.

9. What does Scout ask Atticus if Jem might have when Jem's appetite grows considerably in Chapter 12?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) A tapeworm.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) The measles.

10. What county in Alabama does Scout's schoolteacher say she's from in Chapter 2?
(a) Jefferson County.
(b) Birmingham County.
(c) Winston County.
(d) Pike County.

11. What is the first name of the elder Mr. Radley?
(a) James.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Matthew.

12. What word is used in the novel to refer to homemade liquor?
(a) Shiner.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Moonbeam.
(d) Shinny.

13. Dill tells Atticus that he won Jem's pants playing what game in Chapter 6?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Go Fish.
(c) Strip poker.
(d) Double-Dare.

14. What grade is Jem starting school in Chapter 2?
(a) Sixth grade.
(b) Fifth grade.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

15. Who does Jem go to tell that Dill has arrived at the Finch household in Chapter 14?
(a) Miss Rachel.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Atticus.
(d) Aunt Alexandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jem in the beginning of Chapter 12?

2. Atticus asks Jem and Scout as he leaves their room in Chapter 13, "Do you think I'll end up costing the family" how much money?

3. Who does Atticus say was kind enough to grant a postponement on the trial in Chapter 9?

4. How much money does Dill say he took from his mother's purse in order to come to Maycomb in Chapter 14?

5. Of whom does Scout say in Chapter 9, "I decided that she had been swapped at birth, that my grandparents had perhaps received a Crawford instead of a Finch"?

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