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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who picks up Dill at the train station in Maycomb's one taxi in Chapter 4?
(a) Atticus Finch.
(b) Miss Rachel.
(c) Scout.
(d) Jem.

2. What is the name of the black man that Atticus Finch is assigned to defend in the novel?
(a) Mr. Dolphus Raymond.
(b) Tom Robinson.
(c) Bob Ewell.
(d) Cecil Jacobs.

3. Why does Miss Maudie tell Scout it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
(a) Because it is written in Leviticus.
(b) Because all they do is sing.
(c) Because they are the color of heaven.
(d) Because they symbolize peace.

4. 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"?
(a) Aunt Clara.
(b) Aunt Alexandra.
(c) Aunt Elizabeth.
(d) Aunt Mayella.

5. Scout says in Chapter 6 that "Matches were dangerous, but" what "were fatal"?
(a) Lighters.
(b) Guns.
(c) Knives.
(d) Cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jem use to try to deliver a message to Boo Radley in Chapter 5?

2. Scout claims in Chapter 8 that "Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other," what would happen?

3. What does Jem tell Scout to not get tangled up with in the garden as the children steal into the Radley yard in Chapter 6?

4. The twirling baton that Scout longs for in Chapter 11 is sold at what store in town?

5. What does Jem intend to buy for himself with his birthday money in the beginning of Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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