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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what day of the week does Aunt Alexandra arrive at the Finch household in Chapter 13?
2. What is the name of the Maycomb trash collector that Jem and Scout see at church in Chapter 12?
3. Whose house has caught fire in Chapter 8?
4. Scout says in Chapter 6 that "Matches were dangerous, but" what "were fatal"?
5. What is the name of the black man that Atticus Finch is assigned to defend in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes Scout to get into a fight at school in Chapter 9? How does Atticus respond to this news?
2. What do Scout and Jem discover when they go to leave a thank-you note in the knothole of the oak tree at the Radley Place in Chapter 7?
3. What is significant about the incident with Tim Johnson in Chapter 10? What does this occurrence indicate?
4. 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?
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 Aunt Alexandra say she's coming to live with Scout, Jem, and Atticus for awhile in Chapter 13?
7. How do Scout's actions affect Mr. Cunningham and the others within the lynch mob in Chapter 15?
8. How has the dynamic of friendship changed between Scout, Dill, and Jem in Chapter 5?
9. What is signified by Aunt Alexandra's outburst over Scout and Jem attending a black church in Chapter 14?
10. How does Scout introduce the main characters in her story in Chapter 1? Who comprises Scout's family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the novel’s narrative style. Is the narrative related from a first, second, or third point of view? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient? Why do you think the author chose to write the story from this narrative point of view?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of the First Purchase African M.E. Church in the novel. What are Scout’s impressions of the congregation of this church? How does the church service differ from that of Scout’s usual church?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of racial prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird. What has Tom Robinson been charged with? How would you describe the perceptions of the townspeople of Tom Robinson’s guilt?
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