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

2. What is the first name of the elder Mr. Radley?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Matthew.
(c) James.
(d) Nathan.

3. What is the name of Atticus Finch's brother?
(a) Edward Finch.
(b) Jack Finch.
(c) George Finch.
(d) William Finch.

4. 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?
(a) Collard greens.
(b) Strawberry vines.
(c) Melon vines.
(d) Blackberry vines.

5. Who does Scout say taught her and Jem to shoot when they received air-rifles in Chapter 10?
(a) Uncle Jack.
(b) Bob Ewell.
(c) Aunt Alexandra.
(d) Mr. Dolphus Raymond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jem do after Mrs. Dubose says derogatory things about Atticus and enrages him in Chapter 11?

2. On what day of the week does Aunt Alexandra arrive at the Finch household in Chapter 13?

3. What is Dill's real name?

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

5. What is Dill's response when Scout asks him in Chapter 14, “Why do you reckon Boo Radley’s never run off?”

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Scout learn about Boo Radley in Chapter 5? Who relates this information to Scout?

3. What does Scout discover in the knothole of the oak tree at the Radley Place when she walks home from school alone in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What grade are Scout and Jem starting in school in Chapter 7? What does Jem reveal to Scout about the night he got his pants from the Radley Place in the beginning of the chapter?

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

6. Why does Scout say many of the first-graders are older than Scout is in Chapter 2?

7. What concerns arise when Tom Robinson is brought to the Maycomb County jail in Chapter 15?

8. 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?

9. What is signified by Aunt Alexandra's outburst over Scout and Jem attending a black church in Chapter 14?

10. What item of clothing does Jem lose as he flees the Radley Place in Chapter 6? How does Dill explain this loss?

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