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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does Dill say his new father has in his letter in Chapter 12?
(a) Musician.
(b) Professor.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

4. Atticus asks Jem and Scout as he leaves their room in Chapter 13, "Do you think I'll end up costing the family" how much money?
(a) $500.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $5,000.

5. Dill tells Atticus that he won Jem's pants playing what game in Chapter 6?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Double-Dare.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Strip poker.

6. What is Dill's response when Scout asks him in Chapter 14, “Why do you reckon Boo Radley’s never run off?”
(a) "He's shackled to a wall, so he can't."
(b) "He isn't smart enough to think of it."
(c) “Maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to.
(d) "He's probably tried a dozen times."

7. Atticus tells Scout not to use the "n" word because it is what, in Chapter 9?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Common.
(c) Lofty.
(d) Vulgar.

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

9. How old is Jem in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

10. What does Jem do after Mrs. Dubose says derogatory things about Atticus and enrages him in Chapter 11?
(a) He destroys her camelias.
(b) He breaks her window.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He shoots her dog.

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

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

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

14. Who is described in Chapter 4 as "the meanest old woman who ever lived"?
(a) Miss Emily Davis.
(b) Mrs. Dubose.
(c) Miss Maudie.
(d) Calpurnia.

15. 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?
(a) It would get hot.
(b) It would start raining.
(c) The weather would change.
(d) Someone would die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Sheriff of Maycomb County?

2. What county in Alabama does Scout's schoolteacher say she's from in Chapter 2?

3. What kind of car does Atticus Finch own and keep in the garage?

4. What ailment does Scout try to get from Miss Rachel's cook's son by rubbing her head against his head in Chapter 9?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Scout says that Maycomb County is experiencing the coldest winter since what year?

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