TKAM QUIZ CH. 25 – 31
1. Author’s Purpose. Jem tells Scout not to squish a roly-poly. This confuses Scout. Why
does this confuse Scout? Pick the best answer below that explains why Jem’s comment
confuses Scout.
a. Because Jem hates roly-polies
b. Because Scout and Jem used to kill roly-polies all the time
c. Because earlier in the book, Jem wanted to set fire under a turtle’s shell
d. Because Jem wanted to feed the roly-poly to his turtle
2. Inference. Helen knows Tom is dead before Atticus is able to tell her the news of Tom’s
death. How is this possible?
a. Helen got a call from Heck Tate earlier in the day
b. Atticus’ presence in her neighborhood told her all she needed to know
c. Dill ran to Helen’s to give her the news first
d. Mr. Ewell told Helen on her way to work
3. Main Idea. Which of the following events did NOT occur in chapters 25 – 28?
a. Tom Robinson is shot and killed
b. Scout and Jem put something near the cemented tree for Boo Radley as a “Thank
You” present
c. Bob Ewell attacks Scout and Jem
d. Boo Radley saves Scout and Jem
3. Key Supporting Detail. Which of the following characters wrote about Tom Robinson’s
death in The Maycomb Tribune?
a. Mr. Link Deas
b. Mr. Underwood
c. Miss Stephanie Crawford
d. Bob Ewell
4. Key Supporting Detail. Who says “One down and about two to go”?
a. Mr. Link Deas
b. Mr. Underwood
c. Miss Stephanie Crawford
d. Bob Ewell
5. Main Idea. Which of the following characters WAS in Miss Merriweather’s pageant?
a. Jem
b. Scout
c. Dill
d. Helen
6. Main Idea. What was Tom’s death likened to in The Maycomb Tribune?
a. The senseless slaughter of hummingbirds by women and children
b. The senseless slaughter of elephants by poachers and hunters
c. The senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children
d. The senseless slaughter of mockingjays by Katniss and Peta
7. Main Idea. Scout describes three things that happened out of the ordinary in Maycomb,
in chapter 27. She says “…there were three things, and they did not directly concern us—
the Finches—but in a way they did.” Which of the following things was NOT described?
a. Mr. Ewell was fired from his job at the WPA
b. Judge Taylor’s house was broken into
c. Cotton Tom Heflin was elected head judge in place of Judge John Taylor
d. Helen Robinson was offered a job by Mr. Link Deas
8. Inference. “This was the first he had let us know he knew a lot more about something
than we thought he knew. And it had happened years ago.” What does Atticus reveal he
knows about when telling Scout not to fantasize about meeting a certain stranger?
a. Atticus knows about the gifts from the tree
b. Atticus knows Scout was involved in moving the Tutti Frutti sisters’ furniture
c. Atticus knows about Scout, Jem and Dill sneaking onto the Radley property
d. Atticus knows Jem was gambling
9. Key Supporting Detail. Miss Gates has the children bring in current event clips to class.
What does Cecil present as a current event?
a. Old Adolf Hitler
b. The Uncle Natchell story
c. The Great Depression
d. Someone breaking into Heck Tate’s house
10. Inference. “By noontime that day, there was not a barefooted child to be seen in
Maycomb and nobody took off his shoes until the hounds were returned.” Why didn’t
anyone take off their shoes?
a. They were scared of getting ground- itch
b. No one wanted the hounds to pick up an identifiable scent
c. Aunt Alexandra threatened the children to always wear shoes, or haints would
haunt them forever
d. After the fire, it was not safe to walk around barefooted
11. Key Supporting Detail. Scout goes to Atticus after hearing about persecution, but
decides not to ask him the question lingering in her mind. Instead, she goes and asks
someone else. Who does Scout go to ask about her question concerning persecution?
What is the reaction?
a. She asks Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra brings scout a mug of hot cocoa
b. She asks Dill. Dill and Scout then go and taunt Cecil Jacobs
c. She asks Miss Merriweather. Miss Merriweather tells Scout to ask again later,
after the pageant
d. She asks Jem. Jem gets terribly upset and tells Scout not to say a word about it
again
12. Key Supporting Detial. “‘Besides, it’s dangerous. You might get shot. You know Mr.
Nathan shoots at every shadow he sees, even shadows that leave size-four bare
footprints. You were lucky not to be killed,” (129). Who says this? What is (s)he referring
to?
a. Atticus says this. He is referring to Scout, Jem, and Dill trespassing on the
Radley’s property.
b. Calpurnia says this. She is scolding Jem and Scout for running around barefoot at
the Nathan’s property
c. Atticus says this. He is referring to when Scout and Jem played a part in moving
the Tutti Frutti sisters’ furniture
d. Calpurnia says this. She is referring to Scout, Jem, and Dill trespassing on the
Radley’s property.
13. Inference. What literary device is shown in this quote? “‘Oh nothing, nothing,’ she said,
‘somebody just walked over my grave.’”
a. Allusion
b. Illusion
c. Metaphor
d. Foreshadowing
14. Key Supporting Detail. How does Scout describe Boo?
a. He was ghastly looking. Like a ghost! And he was a big man that smelled like old
people
b. They were white hands, sickly white hands that had never seen the sun, so white
they stood out garishly against the dull cream wall in the dim light of Jem’s room
c. He smelled like whiskey and soil. In the brightly lit living room, he glowed like a
candle in the dark
d. His palms were like paws. He looked like a wolf with his brown hair. In the dimly
lit living room, his eyes made him look like he was a predator in the dark.
15. Author’s Purpose. What is implied by the fact that Aunt Alexandra brings Scout her
overalls in this scene?
a. Aunt Alexandra knows Scout is most comfortable in overalls—not dresses. She is
trying to make Scout feel more assuaged
b. Aunt Alexandra picked up the first piece of clothing she could find
c. Aunt Alexandra is rude and inconsiderate. Scout has just been attacked, and Aunt
Alexandra can only think of humiliating Scout
d. Aunt Alexandra is trying to make Scout feel like a lady
16. Key Supporting Detail. To what event was Aunt Alexandra referring when she said,
“…people who held such views were usually climbers”?
a. When Scout was asking about the women from her missionary circle
b. She is referring to when Atticus defended Tom Robinson to the best of his ability
c. She was talking about Cecil Jacobs’ mom not wanting him to bob for apples
d. Aunt Alexandra was talking about Helen working for Mr. Link Deas
17. Key Supporting Detail. “Somebody was staggerin’ around and pantin’ and—coughing
fit to die. I thought it was Jem at first, but it didn’t sound like him, so I went lookin’ for
Jem on the ground. I thought Atticus had come to help us and had got wore out--,” Who
is the most likely person Scout is talking about?
a. Boo Radley
b. Cecil Jacobs
c. Atticus
d. Heck Tate
18. Main Idea. Which of the following is NOT true/ did not occur?
a. Scout believes Jem will be mad at her for days when he wakes up from his injury
b. Scout leads Boo Radley home
c. Atticus reads to Scout before she goes to bed
d. Heck Tate convinces Atticus to “let the dead bury the dead.”
19. Author’s Purpose. Atticus believed Jem to have killed Bob Ewell. Why does Atticus
want Jem to take responsibility for this?
a. Because he doesn’t want people to say Atticus covered a crime up for Jem
b. Because Jem really did kill Bob Ewell—even if it was an accident
c. Because abiding by the law pays respect to Tom Robinson
d. Because admitting his crime will make Jem a hero in Maycomb
20. Inference. Who really killed Bob Ewell?
a. Arthur (Boo) Radley
b. Jem Finch
c. Scout Finch
d. Bob Ewell
21. Author’s Purpose. “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man
until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch
was enough.” What was enough for Scout? What is Scout referring to?
a. Boo gave his shoes to Scout when he saved her. She literally walked around in
Boo’s shoes. This is enough for Scout. She never wants to walk in Boo’s shoes
again.
b. After meeting Boo Radley, Scout is no longer afraid of the Radley house.
Meeting Boo, walking home with him, and standing on his porch was enough to
make her realize how much she has matured and learned
c. After meeting Boo Radley, Scout is dissatisfied. Standing on the Radley porch
was enough for Scout to decide she never wants to see or hear from Boo again
d. Dill dared Scout to knock on the Radley’s door. Even though Scout didn’t make it
to the door, standing on the porch was enough to complete the dare
22. Author’s Purpose. Scout summarizes what happened in The Grey Ghost at the end of
the novel. Which of the following statements is the most like what They Grey Ghost was
about, according to Scout?
a. You need to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes before you judge them
b. People are innately bad and immoral
c. Overalls are meant for boys to wear. Girls who wear overalls are tomboys and
need to wear dresses
d. Most people are nice when you get to know them
VOCABULARY & ALLUSIONS
23-40: Match the vocabulary words/ allusions to their respective definitions
23. Smockin’
a. The state of being famous of well-known
for some bad quality or deed
24. It must have been after midnight, and I was b. Not confined or limited
puzzled by his amiable acquiescence
25. After consulting a tree to ascertain from
c. An embroidering technic made to bunch up
its lichen which way was south…
fabric so it would stretch, like elastic.
26. …plunging from the shrill kee, kee of the
sunflower bird to the irascible qua-ack of a
bluejay
d. A government program during the
depression that employed millions of mainly
unskilled workers
27. Ladies’ Law
e. To make off with others’ belongings
28. WPA
ab. Fancy
29. I wondered why he had those marks on
him, His sleeves were perforated
ac. Based on false ideas or bad reasoning
30. Holy- roller
ad. Pieced with a hole or many holes
31. Ad Astra Per Aspera
ae. Ghost, apparition, lost soul
32. Honed it down and bided his time
bc. Excessively bright; glaring
33. Notoriety
bd. To make sure of, to find something out for
certain
34. Mr. Tate said stolidly, “Bob Ewell fell on
his knife…”
35. He liked to tell things his own way,
untrammeled by state or defense…
36. Purloined
be. without protest
37. Haints
de. dwell or stay longer
38. Garishly
abc. firmly; without budging.
39. Spurious
bcd. The title of Miss Merriweather’s pageant
40. One Sunday night, lost in fruity metaphors
and florid diction, Judge Taylor’s attention
was…
cde. law from the criminal code of Alabama
prohibiting the use of “abusive, insulting, or
obscene language,” especially around girls or
women;
cd. easily provoked to anger
ce. Someone who is not religious until they
attend services