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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. What do Henry and Jean Louise do at the river in Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of Alexandra's son?

3. What was Jean Louise's nickname as a child?

4. What word from Part 2, Chapter 5 means caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature?

5. What is the title of the racist pamphlet that Jean Louise discovers in Part 3, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is remarked about Jean Louise’s perceptions in the end of Part 3, Chapter 10?

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

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

7. What is foreshadowed by Jean Louise and Henry’s swim in the river in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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

9. How does Jean Louise respond to the discoveries made about her father in Part 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jean Louise’s views on race, racism, and the South. Do you think that Jean Louise’s views are vastly different from those of Atticus, Alexandra, or Uncle Jack? Why or why not? What has shaped Jean Louise’s views on racial prejudice?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the major confrontation/conflict between Jean Louise and Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman. How does Atticus justify his beliefs and his actions? How does Jean Louise respond? What is the outcome of this conflict?

Essay Topic 3

How is the NAACP perceived by the characters in Go Set a Watchman? What are the objectives of this organization historically? What is revealed about the characters in the novel based on their views of the NAACP?

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