To Kill a Mockingbird - Mega Study Set

This TKAM study set is designed to help students prepare for the final test/quiz. ⚠ Please excuse some of the people questions if you're using the learn/test mode. Multiple correct answers may appear. ⚠

What is Tom's handicap?

Crippled left arm

What does Bob Ewell use to attack Jem and Scout?

A knife

Who is the author of this book?

Harper Lee

Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

They do nothing but make beautiful music

What do Scout and Jem discover in the oak tree at the corner of the Radleys' property?

chewing gum and pennies

Who is the poorest in Maycomb?

The Ewells

Where do Jem, Scout, and Dill sit in the courtroom?

They sit with the black spectators in the balcony

The medal that is found in the tree from Boo Radley is his....

Spelling bee medal

Atticus wants Jem to learn this from Mrs. Dubose

Courage

What does Scout dress up as for the school show?

ham

Oldest of the Ewell children, she accuses Tom Robinson of raping her

Mayella

Who is Scout's brother?

Jem

Baptist woman who bakes the best cakes and offers Jem and Scout advice, she is honest, optimistic, & trustworthy

Miss Maudie Atkinson

Reclusive neighbor who fascinates Scout, Jem, and Dill

Arthur "Boo" Radley

Cook for the Finch family, she is more educated than most black people in the community

Calpurnia

The widowed lawyer who defends Tom Robinson

Atticus Finch

Farmer and part of the mob that came to the jail to lynch Tom, but he left after Scout singled him out

Walter Cunningham

Sister of Atticus and Jack, she lives on Finch's Landing and is traditional in her beliefs

Aunt Alexandra

Narrator of the novel, she is tactless at times but is becoming more mature as the novel continues

Scout Finch

Lives with his brother and puts cement in the knothole of the tree

Nathan Radley

From Meridian, Mississippi and spends his summers with his aunt in Maycomb

Dill Harris

Neighbor lady who often criticized Scout and Jem, but Atticus referred to her as a courageous lady

Mrs. Dubose

Sheriff of Maycomb and one of the witnesses at the trial

Heck Tate

Neighborhood gossip who often discusses her opinions on the events in Maycomb

Miss Stephanie Crawford

Newspaper owner/editor who writes a critical editorial saying it is a sin to kill a crippled person

Mr. Underwood

“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Atticus Finch

Twenty-five-year-old black man accused of raping a white woman, he felt sorry for her and tried to help her

Tom Robinson

Scout's first grade teacher who gets angry after she discovers Scout can read and write

Miss Caroline Fisher

Scout's classmate, doesn't have money for lunch and doesn't take charity

Walter Cunningham Jr.

Appointed Atticus to defend Tom Robinson

Judge Taylor

What is the time period of the novel?

1930s-Great Depression

Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”

Scout Finch

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

Atticus

“I may not be much, Mr. Finch, but I’m still sheriff of Maycomb County and Bob Ewell fell on his knife.”

Heck Tate

“Let the dead bury the dead.”

Heck Tate

What did Jem find was strange when he retrieved what he had lost at the Radley's?

They were folded and sewn up

What is the setting of this novel?

Fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama

What does Walter Cunningham put on his food when he comes for supper?

Molasses

What does Jem loose at the Radley place while trying to look through the window?

His Pants

What does Uncle Jack punish Scout for doing?

Swearing

Why did Scout punch Francis in the face?

He was saying horrible things about Atticus

Who is the biggest town gossip?

Stephanie Crawford

What did Boo Radley do that was so shocking?

Covered Scout with a blanket

What does Boo Radley’s gift to the children represent?

Friendship

What does Ms. Caroline Fisher try to give Walter Cunningham?

Lunch money

Who does Dill stay with during the summer?

Rachel Haverford

What does Atticus shoot?

A rabid dog

What does Dill say that they were playing the night that Mr. Nathan Radley fired his gun?

Strip poker

What sport does Jem enjoy?

Football

What happens to Maudie's house?

It catches on fire

Who teaches Scout to write?

Calpurnia

What is moral ambiguity?

The coexistence of good and bad in a person

Who are some of the symbolic mockingbirds in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Tom Robinson; Boo Radley; Jem/Scout

Why is Atticus reluctant shoot the rabid dog when Tate asks him to?

Atticus will not use a gun unless it is absolutely necessary

What physical evidence do we learn about Tom in his trial?

Tom doesn't have use of his left arm

Why does Boo Radley put small items in the knothole of the tree?

He likes the kids and wants to give them things

How does the theme "Rumors and gossip lead to fear/intolerance" relate to Tom Robinson?

Tom is found to be "guilty" by many townspeople before they hear the evidence in the trial because he was a black man accused by a white woman

Who narrates the events in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Scout Finch

Who keeps asking Atticus for a gun? Why won't Atticus give them one.

Jem; because Atticus doesn't believe in using guns unless it's absolutely necessary

What does the Radley House represent?

Mystery, fear and eventually understanding that rumors can be false

What is the setting of this novel?

Fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama

Why is it important that Bob Ewell is left-handed and Tom can't use his left hand.

It shows that Bob was most likely the one that harmed Mayella, not Tom.

What is the time period of the novel?

1930s-Great Depression

Identify the following figurative language- My scalp jumped

Personification

Which character said the following: "Don't matter who you are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you so high and mighty!"

Calpurnia

What are some hardships Mayella Ewell faces?

Raising her siblings; abusive, alcoholic dad; poverty in the time of the Great Depression

Walter Cunningham

Scout rubbed his nose in the dirt on the first day of school for getting her in trouble

Which type of figurative language is the following example: It was raining cats and dogs

Idiom- because when translated that makes no sense

This type of figurative language is where the author exaggerates statements or claims

Hyperbole

How does the theme "Rumors and gossip lead to fear/intolerance" relate to Boo Radley?

The town makes up false rumors about Boo because they don't understand him and why he's chosen to stay hidden away

Why does the confrontation in front of the jail house end after Scout talks to the men?

Scout personally connects with Cunningham by bringing up his son

Identify the figurative language: Dr. Reynolds's voice was as breezy as his step.

Simile

Based on Tom's story about what happened that day, what can we assume about how Mayella feels about him?

She has a crush on him

Identify the figurative language- But on the other hand I wasn't sure

Idiom

At first, Jem is disappointed in Atticus because he won't play ___________, but then he finds out he's the best ________ in Maycomb County.

football; shot

Mrs. Dubose

• an addict whom Atticus said was the bravest person he ever knew

Reason for Cal's anger at Scout at the lunch table

Scout made fun of Walter when he put syrup on his food

How does Atticus convince Scout to keep going to school?

He tells her they will still read together every night.

Based on Mayella's testimony, what can we assume about her relationship with her father?

He is abusive

Atticus's general advice to his children when it comes to understanding other people

-To walk a mile in their shoes

Uncle Jack Finch

Atticus' brother who is a doctor

Scout

Jean Louise Finch

Reverend Sykes

Preacher at First Purchase who sits with the kids at the trial and locks his congregation in the church until they take up enough money for the Robinson family

Aunt Alexandra

is Atticus' sister who is displeased with how he raises his children

Which of the following is NOT an item found in the tree?

five dollar bill

Bob Ewell

town drunk who uses his relief checks on alcohol instead of caring for his children

Which of the following does NOT describe Dill-

He is abusive

Nathan Radley

Boo's brother who keeps him in the house and fills up the tree hole where the kids had been getting presents

Dolphus Raymond

a white man who has mixed children

Sound Scout hears when she rolls up to the Radley yard in the tire

someone laughing

What does Atticus say every mob is made up of?

people you know

How do the kids try to communicate with Boo Radley?

They hang a note at the end of a fishing pole that they put up to the window

Burris Ewell

has "cooties" (lice)

Miss Caroline

Scout's first grade teacher who doesn't want her to read with Atticus anymore

Which of the following does NOT describe Atticus-

The lawyer prosecuting Tom Robinson

Heck Tate

is the sheriff in Maycomb

Which of the following is NOT true about Tom Robinson?

He is the town "phantom" that is rarely seen

What is different about Jem's pants when he goes back to get them later that night?

They are sewn up and folded across the fence

Why is it a sin to kill mockingbirds?

They "don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy"

Calpurnia

• the Finches' cook who is also like a second mother to the children