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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dill live during the school year?
(a) Montague, California.
(b) Meridian, Mississippi.
(c) Clinton, Texas.
(d) Malvern, Arkansas.

2. How many years older is Jem than his sister Scout?
(a) 2 years older.
(b) 3 years older.
(c) 1 year older.
(d) 4 years older.

3. Jem broke his arm badly at the elbow when he was nearly how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

4. On what date did Alabama secede from the Union during the Civil War era?
(a) January 11, 1861.
(b) July 12, 1860.
(c) September 14, 1862.
(d) March 1, 1860.

5. Who lives at the far end of Scout's street next door to the post office in Chapter 4?
(a) Cecil Jacobs.
(b) Maxwell Green.
(c) Tensaw Jones.
(d) Link Deas.

6. In Chapter 1, the narrator says, "Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of" what battle?
(a) The Battle of Fontenoy.
(b) The Battle of Hastings.
(c) The Battle of Shiloh.
(d) The Battle of Austerlitz.

7. How far is Maycomb from Finch's Landing?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

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

9. Who does Atticus say was kind enough to grant a postponement on the trial in Chapter 9?
(a) Bob Ewell.
(b) John Taylor.
(c) Cecil Jacobs.
(d) Dill.

10. At what time in the night does Atticus awaken Scout because of the fire on the block in Chapter 8?
(a) 2:00 a.m.
(b) 3:00 a.m.
(c) 12:00 a.m.
(d) 1:00 a.m.

11. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, where did Atticus Finch go to study law?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Hartford, Connecticut.

12. Whose house has caught fire in Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Underwood's.
(b) Miss Emily Davis's.
(c) Miss Maudie's.
(d) Miss Stephanie Crawford's.

13. Who does Atticus say shamed the Ku Klux Klan away from Maycomb when they paraded around his house once in Chapter 15?
(a) Sam Levy.
(b) Maxwell Green.
(c) John Taylor.
(d) Cecil Jacobs.

14. What grade is Jem starting school in Chapter 2?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Fifth grade.
(c) Sixth grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

15. The little figurines of a boy and girl that Scout and Jem find in the tree in Chapter 7 are carved from what material?
(a) Clay.
(b) Wood.
(c) Soap.
(d) Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks from the shadows and is revealed to be holding a double-barrel shotgun with the intention of protecting Atticus in Chapter 15?

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 is the name of the little boy that has no lunch with him at school in Chapter 2?

4. What word does Atticus define for Scout in Chapter 14 as "carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent"?

5. For how long does Atticus leave home because the legislature is called into emergency session in Chapter 12?

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