Part I Study Guide
Directions: This is to prepare you for your final and the conversation we are going to have next
class. For multiple choice questions, simply delete all the ones that are wrong, leaving only the
correct answer under the question. For the questions that are not multiple choice, please be
sure to answer in complete, grammatically correct sentences. Note: Please use your
homework assignment(s) for this!
CHAPTER 1
1)
When Jem was thirteen, what happened to him?
a. was killed
b. broke his arm
c. went to New York for the summer
d. had his first kiss
2)
Who is the narrator’s only ancestor?
a. Dill
b. Boo Radley
c. Simon Finch
d. Andrew Jackson
3)
Describe the town of Maycomb in at least TWO complete sentences.
4)
When Scout says, “She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her
tyrannical presence as long as I could remember,” who is she describing?
a. the narrator’s mother
b. the narrator’s aunt
c. the narrator’s cook
d. the narrator’s neighbor
5)
What is Dill’s real name?
a. Charles Baker Harris
b. Charles Baker Finch
c. Frances Baker Harris
d. Frances Baker Finch
6)
How does Dill attempt to gain Scout’s affection?
7)
Describe the members of the Radley family.
8)
Why did Mr. Radley lock Arthur in the house for fifteen years?
a. he tried to run away
b. he got caught drinking
c. he and his friends locked the sheriff in an outhouse
d. his father wanted him to study religion
9)
“There goes the meanest man God ever blew breath into,” muttered Calpurnia. Who is
described in this quote?
a. Arthur Radley
b. Mr. Radley
c. Simon Finch
d. Nathan Radley
10)
Describe, in complete sentences, the bet that occurred between Jem, Scout, and Dill.
CHAPTER 2
11)
Who taught Scout how to write?
a. Atticus
b. Calpurnia
c. Jem
d. Miss Caroline
12)
Who taught Scout how to read?
a. Atticus
b. Calpurnia
c. Jem
d. Miss Caroline
13)
Describe the circumstances of the Cunningham family in detail.
CHAPTER 3
14)
Why can’t Walter Cunningham pass the first grade?
a. he doesn’t get along with the teacher
b. he doesn’t care about school
c. he gets picked on by other students
d. he has to miss school to help out on the farm
15)
What caused Miss Caroline to scream after lunch?
a. Scout
b. lice
c. a mouse
d. Walter Cunningham
16)
Why does Burris Ewell attend school only one day each year?
17)
18)
What is Atticus’s advice to Scout in regards to understanding other people?
a. smile and nod
b. ignore them
c. walk around in their skin
d. pretend that you understand
Using complete sentences, describe the circumstances of the Ewell family.
19)
What compromise did Atticus and Scout reach about her attendance in school?
CHAPTER 4
20)
What two items do Scout and Jem find in the tree outside the Radley place?
Object I:
Object II:
21)
is it
Describe the new game that Jem, Scout, and Dill decide to play this summer, and what
called? How does Atticus react to this game?
22)
What do the children believe Boo Radley eats?
23)
What sound did Scout hear when the tire crashed in the Radley yard?
CHAPTER 5
24)
What happened in the relationships between Jem, Scout, and Dill in this chapter?
a. they continued to get closer
b. Jem decided he was too old for both of them
c. Scout didn’t want to hang out with the boys
d. the boys excluded Scout
25)
What solidified the friendship between Scout and Miss Maudie?
a. She let Scout pull out nut grass from her yard
b. She showed Scout her teeth
c. She allowed Jem and Scout to play in her yard d. She made Scout a cake
26).
What is a “foot-washin’ Baptist”?
27)
What role does Miss Stephanie Crawford play in the neighborhood?
a. a motherly figure b. everybody’s friend c. gossip
d. crotchety old woman
28)
For what two reasons did Jem, Scout, and Dill get in trouble at the end of Chapter Five?