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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of sport are the Methodists and the Baptists playing as a benefit in Chapter 10?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Touch football.
(c) Softball.
(d) Volleyball.

2. What grade in school is Scout starting in Chapter 2?
(a) Second grade.
(b) First grade.
(c) Fourth grade.
(d) Third grade.

3. The twirling baton that Scout longs for in Chapter 11 is sold at what store in town?
(a) Sears.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) J. C. Penney's.
(d) V. J. Elmore's.

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

5. How does Scout say Calpurnia's grammar changes whenever she is furious in Chapter 3?
(a) It becomes precise.
(b) It becomes nonsensical.
(c) It becomes heightened.
(d) It becomes erratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many years older is Jem than his sister Scout?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Scout find in the knothole of the oak tree at the Radley Place in the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scout introduce the main characters in her story in Chapter 1? Who comprises Scout's family?

2. How does the mood of the novel change after the fire that destroys Miss Maudie's house in Chapter 9?

3. What is significant about the incident with Tim Johnson in Chapter 10? What does this occurrence indicate?

4. Where is To Kill a Mockingbird set? How does Scout describe her family's history in this setting in Chapter 1?

5. How does Scout describe the town of Maycomb in Chapter 1? What types of activities does Scout describe in the town?

6. How do the discoveries in the knothole of the oak tree at the Radley Place change the reader's perceptions of Boo Radley in Chapter 4?

7. What occurrence causes Miss Fisher to become hysterical in the classroom in Chapter 3? How do the children respond?

8. Where does Jem go in the middle of the night in Chapter 6? Why?

9. How would you describe Miss Maudie's influence on Scout? Do you think she's a positive influence? Why or why not?

10. What is revealed of the economic and social makeup of Maycomb County through Scout's first day at school in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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