To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide

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 allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role
• To remove moral bias from the story
• 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?

• Radley
• Harris
• Finch
• Robinson

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:

• 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
• Show the general disrespect that children have for authority
• Denounce the segregation of blacks and whites

8. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?

• The first day of every school year
• Through the sixth grade
• None
• Through college

9. The Ewell family is

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

10. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout in which of the following ways?

• He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus
• He pours molasses onto his food
• He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
• All of the above