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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by Henry's observations in the end of Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) The death of Alexandra.
(b) The racist attitudes that will be seen later in the novel.
(c) Jem's death.
(d) The outbreak of the Civil War.

2. What is described in Part 1, Chapter 1 as "a dictum ammounting to instinct within [Jean Louise]"?
(a) "Leave and never come back to visit."
(b) "Love whom you will but marry your own kind."
(c) "Look both ways before you cross the street."
(d) "The older, the merrier."

3. What word from Part 2, Chapter 5 means caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature?
(a) Acrimonious.
(b) Licentious.
(c) Macabre.
(d) Illicit.

4. How wide is Maycomb County described as in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 40 miles wide.
(b) 20 miles wide.
(c) 30 miles wide.
(d) 70 miles wide.

5. What American poet and Confederate soldier is alluded to in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Grady O'Hanlon.
(b) Sidney Lanier.
(c) Joshua Singleton St. Clair.
(d) Charles Baker Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the pilot fly through on Jean Louise's last flight, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. What gossip has Alexandra heard about Jean Louise and Henry in the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 6?

3. Why does Jean Louise say she fears marrying the wrong man in Part 2, Chapter 4?

4. Whom does Henry insinuate to be responsible for reckless driving in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. Where do Jem, Jean Louise, and Dill play their pretend game in the flashback in Part 2, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry describe his perceptions of his relationship with Jean Louise in Part 2, Chapter 4? How does Jean Louise respond?

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

3. How is the setting of Maycomb, Alabama described in Part 2, Chapter 4?

4. Who is Alexandra? What characteristics define Alexandra in Go Set a Watchman?

5. How is the character of Charles Baker Harris described in Go Set a Watchman?

6. What news does Jean Louise learn from Atticus and Alexandra when she arrives home in Part 1, Chapter 2?

7. What rumor has emerged regarding Jean Louise in Part 3, Chapter 6? How do Atticus and Alexandra respond?

8. What is revealed of Henry’s character by his remark about black drivers in Part 2, Chapter 5?

9. What is said regarding a Supreme Court case in Part 1, Chapter 2?

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

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