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To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz 1

  • 1. The narrator of the story is _____.
    •     Dill
    •     Scout
    •     Jem
    •     Boo

  • 2. The first chapter focuses on telling stories. This primarily serves to:
    •     Mimic the random thoughts in Scout's mind
    •     Tie each of the individual characters to their family and history
    •     Lengthen the novel
    •     Make the story appealing to a younger audience

  • 3. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins? (respectively)
    •     5 and 8
    •     6 and 10
    •     8 and 12
    •     9 and 13

  • 4. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
    •     To remove moral bias from the story
    •     To allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role
    •     To allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses
    •     All of the above

  • 5. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
    •     Finch
    •     Robinson
    •     Radley
    •     Harris

  • 6. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
    •     She is taller than all the other children
    •     She can read and write
    •     She speaks a foreign language
    •     She can outrun all the boys

  • 7. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
    •     Show the general disrespect that children have for authority
    •     Blame the education system for the incidents which follow in the novel
    •     Introduce the reader to the various families, as well as their peculiarities, in Maycomb county
    •     Denounce the segregation of blacks and whites

  • 8. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
    •     Through the sixth grade
    •     None
    •     Through college
    •     The first day of every school year

  • 9. The Ewell family is
    •     Highly respected in town
    •     Supportive of equal rights for all races
    •     One of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb
    •     A family of both black and white people

  • 10. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout in which of the following ways?
    •     He pours molasses onto his food
    •     He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
    •     He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus
    •     All of the above

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