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Quiz: Chapters 1-3
1. What point of view is the story being told from?
2. Who is Boo Radley? What did he do to his father? Did anything happen to him?
3. What does Dill dare Jem to do?
4. When school starts, what 2 things does Miss Caroline scold Scout for knowing? Why is
this ironic?
5. Who are the Cunninghams? What is important to remember about them? (what won’t
they do?)
6. What happens on the playground before lunch? Why?
7. Back at school, what does Miss Caroline scream about? Hint: she sees something.
8. Describe Burris and his family (the Ewells).
9. Describe the relationship between Atticus and the kids.
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Quiz: Chapters 4-6
1. What 2 objects did Scout and Jem find in the knothole?
2. Why does Scout want to stop playing the Boo Radley game? (2 reasons)
3. When Jem and Dill exclude Scout from their games, who does Scout talk to?
4. How does Jem, Scout, and Dill try to communicate with Boo?
5. When escaping from the Radley place, what happens to Jem?
6. According to Nathan, who did he shoot at?
7. How does Jem explain his missing pants?
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Quiz: Chapters 12-13
1. In Chapter 12, Jem and Scout go to church with Calpurnia because Atticus is out of town
on state business. Describe their experience at First Purchase:
a. What did the church look like? How was it different than Scout was used to?
b. How did the people treat them?
c. How were they able to sing without hymnals?
d. Why was today’s offering especially important?
2. Scout notices that Cal “talks different” to black people than she does to white folks.
What is Cal’s reasoning for the 2 “languages”?
3. When they return from church, who is waiting for them? Why is (s)he there?
4. What does the guest find a lot of pride in?
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Quiz: Chapters 16-17
1. When the trial starts, who doesn’t attend? Why?
2. Who is Dolphus Raymond?
3. Why is the town upset with Atticus?
4. Where do the kids sit during the trial? What does this say about them?
5. What question does Atticus ask both Heck Tate and Bob Ewell?
6. Describe Mayella’s injuries.
7. Why does Atticus ask Bob to write his name?
8. How do Jem and Scout react when he does?
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Quiz: Chapters 20-22
1. “You haven’t seen enough of the world yet. . .you haven’t seen this town, but all you
gotta do is step back inside the courthouse. . .”
a. Who says this?
b. What does he mean by it?
2. According to Atticus, what is Mayella guilty of?
3. According to Atticus, where’s the one place all men are equal (theoretically)?
4. What TWO things does Atticus do that shocks Scout? (she’s never seen him do them)
5. What’s the verdict?
6. How did Scout know what is was, before it was even delivered?
7. What’s Jem’s reaction as the jury delivers the verdict?
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Quiz: Chapters 28
1. When walking to the pageant, who scares Scout and Jem?
2. How does Scout “ruin” the pageant?
3. After they left the school, why do Scout and Jem have to go back? On the way back,
what’s Jem hear?
4. What happened to Jem?
5. Who was their attacker? How did he die?
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Quiz: Chapters 29-31
1. What saved Scout’s life?
2. How did Scout know she was under a tree? (Jem told her “you can always tell when
you’re under a tree because . . .”)
3. When did Scout realize who had carried Jem home?
4. Is it possible Boo was capable of such a violent act on Mr. Ewell? What information
about his past makes such and action credible?
5. Why does Atticus insist the truth be told of Bob’s death? (remember who he thinks killed
Mr. Ewell . . .)
6. Why won’t Heck Tate let Atticus “tell the truth”? (hint: gWhat does he say about Tom’s
death?)
7. Why did Atticus invite the group to go to the front porch instead of the living room?
8. How is Boo described? What does he look like?
9. What were the only words that Boo Radley said? (he said them to Scout)
10. After Scout walks Boo home, what does she do?
11. Why is “Boo” an appropriate name for Arthur?