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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. Where was the first paved road installed in Maycomb County?

2. What is Dill's real name?

3. Where does Jean Louise live in the beginning of the novel?

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

5. What is Uncle Jack's full name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed of Atticus’s character in the flashback in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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

6. How does Jean Louise perceive her future with Henry in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Go Set a Watchman. Where in the narrative do the following occur: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How traditionally structured is the story? How would you compare the structure of Go Set a Watchman with To Kill a Mockingbird?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Maycomb County Citizens' Council? What are the objectives of this organization? What is Atticus Finch’s involvement with the organization? How does Jean Louise discover her father’s involvement and how does she respond?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jean Louise’s flashback to the Commencement Dance when she was fourteen. What is the “moral” of this story? How is Atticus’s character revealed through his actions in this story? How is Henry’s character revealed through his actions in this story?

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