To Kill a Mockingbird

Practice Test

I. Multiple Choice
1. Miss Maudie moved in with Stephanie Crawford because:
a) They were sisters
b) Miss Maudies house burned
c) the critical remarks of the foot-washing Baptists
d) threats of people who called her racist
2. The jury found Tom Robinson:
a) Guilty of rape
b) guilty of murder
c) guilty of embezzlement
d) not guilty
3. Scouts mother:
a) Is very strict with children, especially during Tom Robinsons trial
b) Disappeared
c) Is away visiting relatives
d) Died of a heart attack
4. When Scout and Jem meet Dill Harris, they
a) Challenge him to an air rifle match
b) Have a spitting contest
c) Become angry and leave him immediately
d) Are not very impressed because he can read
5. The setting of this novel is
a) Arkansas: 1880s
b) Indiana: 1960s
c) California: 1955-59
d) Alabama: 1930s
6. Atticus Finchs occupation is
a) Lawyer
b) Farmer
c) City mayor
d) Doctor
7. Which two characters represent mockingbirds?
a) Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
b) Scout Finch and Dill Harris
c) Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra
d) Atticus Finch and Heck Tate
8. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
a) The mockingbird is a sacred animal
b) Its a sin to kill any bird
c) Theyre so much like humans
d) They dont harm anyone; they just sing their hearts out.
9. The novel is narrated first person from whose point of view?
a) Harper Lees
b) Jems
c) Atticuss
d) Scouts

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10. Which words best describe Tom Robinson?
a) Honest; hardworking
b) Lazy; good-for-nothing
c) Lying; cheating
d) Generous; wealthy

11. On Christmas Day at Finchs Landing

a) Scout beat up Cousin Francis
b) Dill arrived for a surprise visit
c) Jem received a basketball from Uncle Jack
d) Jem cut down Aunt Alexandras flowers in a fit of rage

12. An important lesson Atticus teaches Scout is

a) That you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ---
until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
b) This, above all, to thine own self be true.
c) That when you get the notion that another person thinks hes better than everyone else, you
must consider the fact that he may actually be better than everyone else.
d) The tooth fairy is actually an undercover secret service agent assigned to monitor tooth decay in
the United States of America.

13. Well, in the first place you never stopped to give me a chance to tell you my side of it you just lit right
in to me. When Jem and I fuss Atticus doesnt ever just listen to Jems side of it, he hears mine too, an in
the second place you told me never to use words like that except in extreme provocation This
conversation took place between
a) Calpurnia and Scout about Aunt Alexandra
b) Miss Caroline and Scout about Walter Cunningham
c) Uncle Jack and Scout about Francis
d) Scout and Dill about Miss Maudie

14. After the big discussion between Aunt Alexandra and Atticus about how the children were being raised,
Scout and Jem had a fight and Atticus broke it up sending Scout to her room. Scout was shocked
a) To find a snake in her room
b) That Atticus could be so cruel
c) When she learned that Dill was in her room
d) That Jem was not sufficiently punished

15. When Jem and Atticus were discussing Mrs. Dubose, Atticus said that if Jem hadnt fallen into Mrs.
Duboses hands he would have sent Jem there to read to her anyway. The reason for this was
a) Atticus was holding a grudge against Jem for pestering Boo Radley
b) Atticus really felt that it was educational for Scout and Jem to read to Mrs. Dubose
c) Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict and in some strange way Mrs. Dubose used the distraction
of reading to break the habit
d) Mr. Finch was curious about what Mrs. Dubose had to say about his defending Tom Robinson.

16. What reason did Atticus give Scout and Jem for Mr. Cunninghams actions at the jail?
a) He was drunk and the liquor made him talk.
b) He hated Atticus and was out to get even with him.
c) He was basically a good man, but he had a blind spot.
d) He thought by killing Tom Robinson, he would become a hero in town.

17. During the trial in the courtroom, Jem and Scout

a) Sat with the blacks in the balcony.
b) Stood against the wall.
c) Werent allowed in because they were too young.
d) Sat in the front row right behind their father.

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18. Jem destroys Mrs. Duboses camellias because
a) He learned she was a morphine addict.
b) She told Mr. Nathan Radley that the children were making fun of Mr. Arthur
c) She reported that he skipped school.
d) She called Atticus a nigger-lover.

19. According to the testimony given by Tom Robinson, how did Mayella Ewell get Tom into the house?
a) She asked him to chop up a Chifferobe
b) She asked him to fix the hinge on the door
c) She asked him to fix a hole in the ceiling
d) She asked him to come in and talk to her for a while.

20. In his final argument before the jury, Atticus says that there is one human institution which makes us all
equal and that is
a) A church
b) A family
c) A legislature
d) A court

21. Scout thinks that Mayella Ewell is

a) A symbol of courage
b) Even lonelier than Boo Radley
c) A victim of rape
d) Addicted to love

22. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird is

a) Harper Lee
b) Jean Louise Finch
c) Sir Walter Scott
d) Stephen King

23. The group of men at the jail disperse because

a) Scouts words make them feel like individuals
b) Heck Tate was holding a gun on them
c) Tom Robinson was no longer in the jail
d) Atticus told them to go home

24. The individual in the mob who Scout addresses is

a) Heck Tate
b) Zeebo
c) Tim Johnson
d) Walter Cunningham

25. Atticuss final plea to the jury is aimed at

a) A condemnation of Mayella Ewell
b) The jurors individual consciences
c) The unfairness of the prosecution
d) Southern womanhood.

26. When Tom Robinson is convicted, Jem is upset for all of the following reasons except one:
a) He expected Atticus to win the case
b) He believed in justice and personal integrity
c) Tom Robinson had become a friend during the trial
d) He realized that life is often harsh and unfair.

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27. Atticus defends Tom Robinson because:
a) He is a good friend of Toms
b) No one else will take the case
c) Jem and Scout expect him to
d) He has to in order to be true to his own beliefs and convictions.

True and False

28. Mayella Ewells brothers and sisters testify on her behalf that she was indeed raped by Tom Robinson.

29. Tom Robinson testifies that when Mr. Ewell saw him with Mayella, he chased him off with a shotgun.

30. The Cunningham family, in spite of their blind spots, is an example of how one can live life with dignity
in spite of circumstances.

31. Dolphus Raymond implies that Dill will become insensitive toward prejudice and human degradation
when he grows up.

32. One of the prizes left in the tree for Scout and Jem is a Buzz Lightyear action figure.

33. Dill runs away from home because he wants to be a clown in the circus and his parents wont let him.

34. No women were in the jury that convicted Tom Robinson.

35. The organ and hymn books at Calpurnias church were a gift from Atticus Finch.

36. Before anyone can leave Calpurnias church, the pastor says they must collect $10 to help support the
churchs ministry in Africa.

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Matching: match the following characters with the description or with the quote they spoke:
a) Atticus Finch b) Arthur Radley c) Mayella Ewell d) Jean Louise Finch e) Maudie Atkinson
ab) Jeremy Atticus Finch ac) Tom Robinson ad) Walter Cunningham ae) Calpurnia
bc) Heck Tate bd) Alexandra be) Nathan Radley cd) Miss Stephanie Crawford
ce) Mr. Underwood de) Bob Ewell
37. _____ family cook
38. _____ Atticuss sister
39. _____ sheriff of Maycomb
40. _____ brother of Boo
41. _____ neighbor and friend whose house burns
42. _____ defense lawyer
43. _____ Boo
44. _____ neighborhood gossip
45. _____ accuser of Tom Robinson
46. _____ newspaper editor
47. _____ narrator of story
48. _____ Jem
49. _____ classmate of Scout
50. _____ disapproved strongly of the manner in which Atticus was bringing up his children.
51. _____ put cement in the tree because it was dying.
52. _____ never left the house.
53. _____ told Scout never to kill a mockingbird.
54. _____ defended Tom Robinson in court.
55. _____ left arm was crippled by a cotton gin.
56. _____ Well, the night of November twenty-one I was comin in from the woods with a load o kindlin
and just as I got to the fence I heard Mayella screamin like a stuck hog inside the house.
57. _____ Shed call me in, suh. Seemed like everytime I passed by yonder shed have somethin for me to
do - choppin kindlin totin water for her.
58. _____ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
59. _____ My paws never touched a hair o my head in my life. He never touched me.
60. _____ Foot-washers believe anything thats pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of em came out of
the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me, me and my flowers were going to hell?