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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Atticus leave home because the legislature is called into emergency session in Chapter 12?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 week.

2. How much does the twirling baton cost that Scout longs for in Chapter 11?
(a) 1 dollar.
(b) 17 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 2 dollars.

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

4. What is the name of the Maycomb trash collector that Jem and Scout see at church in Chapter 12?
(a) Dill.
(b) Jeb.
(c) James.
(d) Zeebo.

5. What does Scout think is under her bed when she goes to get Jem in Chapter 14?
(a) A cat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

6. How many miles away from home has Dill traveled to come to Maycomb in Chapter 14?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 50.
(d) 150.

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

8. Where does Calpurnia make Scout eat the rest of her dinner after she's insulted Walter in Chapter 3?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In the kitchen.

9. Who is the telephone operator that calls Atticus to tell him that school has been canceled in Chapter 8?
(a) Mayella Ewell.
(b) Miss Maudie.
(c) Who is the telephone operator that calls Atticus to tell him that school has been canceled in Chapter 8?
(d) Eula May.

10. What is the name of the little boy that has no lunch with him at school in Chapter 2?
(a) Walter Cunningham.
(b) Peter Dawkins.
(c) Jamie Smith.
(d) Jesse Thomas.

11. What was the name of Miss Maudie's father?
(a) Dr. Frank Buford.
(b) Maxwell Green.
(c) Mr. Tensaw Jones.
(d) Mr. Link Deas.

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

13. What does Jem use to try to deliver a message to Boo Radley in Chapter 5?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) A paper airplane.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) A rock.

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

15. Simon Finch is described in Chapter 1 as a fur-trapping apothecary from what location?
(a) Maine.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scout threaten to go and drown herself in Chapter 3?

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. Who does Scout tell Mr. Cunningham to say hello to for her in Chapter 15?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, where did Atticus Finch go to study law?

5. What grade is Jem starting school in Chapter 2?

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