TKAM Review Questions
Chapter 1-2
1. Where does this story take place?
2. Who is the narrator of our story?
3. What does Atticus do for a living?
4. Who comes to stay with Miss Rachel every summer?
5. Miss Caroline is upset with Scout because she can _____________?
6. How did Scout learn to do this?
7. In this area, how did you seal a bargain?
8. The Cunningham’s will not take anything from anyone unless they can
________________________________?
9. What do the kids think that Boo Radley eats?
10. According to the story, what did Boo stick in his father’s leg?
Chapter 7
1. What did Jem reveal to Scout about his pants that were in the Radley yard?
2. What two things did Scout and Jem find in the knothole of the tree in this
chapter?
3. What do they decide to leave in the knothole of the tree?
4. What does Mr. Nathan Radley do to the tree and why?
5. What does Atticus say about the tree?
Chapter 8 Quiz
1. What does it do in Maycomb for the first time in Jem and Scout’s lives?
2. What do they decide to build?
3. Who does this look like?
4. What major event happens to one of Scout’s neighbors in this chapter?
5. Who puts the blanket over Scout?
Chapter 9
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What does Atticus ask Scout not to do at school?
Who does Scout not like to be around at Christmas?
Who is Tom Robinson?
Who is Atticus going to trial against?
How does Scout find out about Atticus’ conversation with Uncle Jack?
Chapter 10 Quiz
1. What did Scout and Jem get for Christmas?
2.Who is Tim Johnson?
3. What is wrong with him?
4. What do Jem and Scout find out that Atticus is good at?
5. Why does Atticus say it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Chapter 11
1. Why did Jem tear up Mrs. Dubose’s flowers?
2. What is Jem’s punishment for tearing up her flowers?
3. What does Atticus reveal that Mrs. Dubose is addicted to?
4. Who dies at the end of this chapter?
5. What does this person leave for Jem?
Chapter 12
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Where does Calpurnia take the children in this chapter?
How does this place get its name?
Who is Zeebo?
For whom does Rev. Sykes take up a collection?
Who is waiting for the children when they get home?
Chapter 13
1. Why does Aunt Alexandra come to stay with Jem and Scout?
2. What does Aunt Alexandra never stop talking about?
3. According to their family history, why was Cousin Joshua put in jail?
4. How much did it cost to get him out of jail?
5. How does Aunt Alexandra tell Atticus he needs to ask the kids to behave?
Chapter 14
1. What does Aunt Alexandra find out that Scout and Jem that she did not like?
2. What was under Scout’s bed?
3. Why was this under there?
4. What does Atticus do about it?
5. At the end of this chapter, what do Dill and Scout decide they are going to do?
Chapter 15
1. Why is Tom moved to the Maycomb jail?
2. Who accuses Atticus of disgracing the family?
3. What is Atticus doing outside the jail?
4. Why is Mr. Cunningham suddenly ashamed to be part of the mob?
5. What has Mr. Underwood been doing the whole time?
Chapter 16
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Dolphus Raymond has a reputation for being what?
What happened to Mr. Raymond’s fiancé?
Who refuses to go to the trial?
Where did Scout, Jem, and Dill have to sit at the trial?
Who got them their seats?
Chapter 17
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What is the Ewell’s house located next to?
What is the one unusual feature of the Ewell’s yard?
Why did Bob Ewell not call a doctor for his daughter?
What did Atticus ask Bob to do on the witness stand?
What did the jury discover about Bob from this?
Chapter 19
1. On the night in question, what does Tom testify that Mayella wanted him to do for
her?
2. Where are all the Ewell children at the time the incident took place?
3. Who is Link Deas?
4. Why does Tom say that he helped Mayella with all her chores?
5. Based on Tom’s testimony, what do we know about the way Bob Ewell treats his
daughter?
Chapter 20
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What is Dolphus Raymond drinking from his paper sack?
How do Scout, Jem, and Dill find out what he is drinking?
What is his explanation for living this way?
What is the “sin” that Atticus said Mayella is guilty of committing concerning
Tom?
5. Who enters the courtroom looking for Atticus at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 22
1. What did Tom Robinson’s father send to Atticus after the trial?
2. Why did Miss Maudie not make a small cake for Jem?
3. Who did Miss Maudie say stood up for Tom in their own way?
4. What does Dill say he is going to be when he grows up?
5. At the end of the chapter, what did Bob Ewell do?
Chapter 23
1. What will happen to Tom if he stays in jail?
2. Why was Attics thankful that the jury was out so long in the trial?
3. Who does Atticus reveal was the jury member that believed Tom was innocent?
4. Why does Aunt Alexandra not want Walter coming to their home?
5. What is the reason that Jem suggest that Boo does not come out of his house?
Chapter 24
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What is Scout wearing when the ladies of Maycomb come to her house?
What does Scout say she wants to be she grows up?
After the trial, why did Mrs. Merriweather say she was close to firing her cook?
Why did Atticus come home early while the women were there?
What were he and Calpurnia leaving to do?
Chapter 25
1. What critter does Scout play with at the beginning of this chapter?
2. What is she going to do with it?
3. Why does Jem not want her to?
4. What is Helen’s reaction when she sees Atticus and Calpurnia at her home?
5. What is Bob Ewell’s reaction to Tom’s death?
Chapter 27
1. Who do people think tried to break into Judge Taylor’s house?
2. What does Link Deas threaten to do to Bob Ewell if he doesn’t leave Helen
alone?
3. Last Halloween, who did the neighborhood children play a trick on by moving
their living room furniture into the cellar?
4. What did the ladies of Maycomb decide to do this year for Halloween in an effort
to avoid kids playing tricks on people?
5. What is Scout supposed to look like in the pageant?
Chapter 28
1. At the beginning of the chapter, who jumps out and scares Scout and Jem on their
way to the pageant?
2. Why does Scout miss her entrance to the pageant?
3. While being pursued on the way home, what causes Scout to lose her balance and
fall when Jem tells her to run?
4. What happened to Jen in the attack?
5. What happened to the attacker?