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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jem get his pants caught on as the children run from the Radley yard in Chapter 6?
(a) A rake.
(b) A fence.
(c) A tree branch.
(d) A bicycle.

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

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

5. What does Walter Cunningham pour all over his food that causes Scout to exclaim in Chapter 3?
(a) Milk.
(b) Honey.
(c) Molasses.
(d) Gravy.

6. Who is the sole owner, editor and printer of The Maycomb Tribune?
(a) Cecil Jacobs.
(b) Mr. Underwood.
(c) Sam Levy.
(d) John Taylor.

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

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

9. 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 Austerlitz.
(d) The Battle of Shiloh.

10. Who does Jem go to tell that Dill has arrived at the Finch household in Chapter 14?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Aunt Alexandra.
(d) Miss Rachel.

11. 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.

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

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

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

15. Where does Scout threaten to go and drown herself in Chapter 3?
(a) Barker's Eddy.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Jem sneak out of the house to go get his pants in Chapter 6?

2. Atticus tells Scout not to use the "n" word because it is what, in Chapter 9?

3. Scout says in Chapter 4 that the train stop called Maycomb Junction is actually in what county?

4. How does Scout say Calpurnia's grammar changes whenever she is furious in Chapter 3?

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

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