ESL 098
Part 1 – To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 1-11
72 points
Chapter 1
1. What was Jem’s favorite sport? Why couldn’t he play it?
2. Who is Atticus and what is his job?
3. In what part of the U.S. does this story take place? In what town?
4. Are there a lot of things to do in Maycomb?
5. Who is Calpurnia?
6. Is Atticus’ wife alive?
7. Atticus is older than most fathers are.
True
False
8. Who lives in the Radley place?
9. Who is Mrs. Dubose?
10. How old do you think Scout is? Why?
11. Who is telling this story?
12. Does Dill live in Maycomb throughout the whole year?
13. Study how Scout describes Dill. Do you think Scout will like Dill? Why?
14. Why do you think Jem, Scout and Dill were attracted to the Radley place?
15. The Radleys were friendly and sociable.
True
False
16. Another name for Arthur Radley is Boo.
True
False
17. What did Boo Radley do that caused him to be locked up in the basement of the courthouse?
18. Why didn’t Boo go to a house for crazy people?
19. What did Dill dare Jem to do at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 2
20. Who took Scout to her first day of school?
21. How did Scout get in trouble her first day of school? (2 examples!)
22. Scout thought school was interesting.
True
False
23. Does Walter Cunningham live in the town or in the country?
24. Why wouldn’t Walter take money from Miss Caroline for lunch?
Chapter 3
25. Who do Scout and Jem invite to dinner?
26. Why was Calpurnia angry and why did she make Scout eat in the kitchen?
27. Why was Miss Caroline afraid of Burris Ewell?
28. Burris Ewell has good attendance at school.
True
False
29. According to Atticus, how can a person best understand another person?
30. What were some special privileges that were given to the Ewells?
31. Why were the Ewells given these privileges?
Chapter 4
32. What was the difference between Scout’s education and her father’s?
33. What did Scout find in the oak tree? Where is the oak tree?
34. What was Dill’s father’s job?
35. When Dill sees the Radley place, what does he predict?
36. What kind of drama were Scout, Jem and Dill playing? Who was angry at them for doing
this?
Chapter 5
37. Miss Maudie did not like children.
True
False
38. What is Boo Radley’s real name?
39. “Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin.” According to these people, what
was Miss Maudie’s sin?
40. “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.” What does Miss
Maudie mean when she says this?
41. How did Jem, Dill and Scout try to communicate with Boo Radley?
42. What kind of job does Jem want to have when he is older?
Chapter 6
43. Jem, Dill and Scout tried to look in the window of Boo Radley’s house. What did Jem lose
when he was running away from the house?
Chapter 7
44. Jem didn’t tell Scout about something that had happened when he returned to the Radley’s
place that night. What had Jem discovered?
45. Jem and Scout found two pieces of soap in the oak tree. What was unusual about these
pieces of soap?
46. What other gifts did Jem and Scout find in the tree?
47. Jem and Scout decided to write a thank you letter. What happened after they had written the
letter?
Chapter 8
48. What was special about the weather?
49. What happened to Miss Maudie’s house?
50. Who put a blanket on Scout’s shoulders to keep her warm?
Chapter 9
51. Who is Tom Robinson and what is Atticus doing for him?
52. Why does Scout ask her father about his defending a black man?
53. The case of Tom Robinson is an ordinary one for Atticus.
True
False
54. Atticus thinks he’ll be able to win this case.
True
False
55. Scout said, “It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight.” Why didn’t she fight
Cecil Jacobs when he said, “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta
hang from the watertank!”
56. Aunt Alexandra was a warm and friendly person.
True
False
57. What was one thing that Scout liked about Aunt Alexandra?
58. What did Jem and Scout get for Christmas?
59. Why didn’t Aunt Alexandra like the way Scout dressed?
60. What did Scout do to Francis? Why?
61. What did Uncle Jack do to Scout? Why?
62. Uncle Jack told Atticus why Scout had gotten into trouble that day. True
False
63. The Ewells are black people.
False
True
Chapter 10
64. In what way were Scout and Jem a little disappointed with Atticus?
65. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
66. At the end of the chapter what makes Jem and Scout proud of Atticus?
Chapter 11
67. Why did Mrs. Dubose need a Negro girl to help her?
68. What did Mrs. Dubose say to Jem to make him angry?
69. What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose made him angry?
70. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” What does
Atticus mean when he says this?
71. What does Jem have to do for Mrs. Dubose?
72. What do we discover about Mrs. Dubose at the end of the chapter?