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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

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1. What is Scout's real name?

(A) Jean Louise Finch

(B) Louise Marie Finch

(D) Lee Mae Finch

2. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?

(A) Innocent

(B) Guilty

(D) The judge calls a mistrial

3. Whose house burns down?

(A) Aunt Alexandra's

(B) Atticus's

(D) Miss Maudie's

4. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?

(A) Mr. Raymond

(B) Atticus

(D) Heck Tate

5. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?

(A) Heck Tate

(B) Atticus

(D) Boo Radley

6. What is Boo's real name?

(A) Hector

(B) Arthur

(D) Robert

7. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?

(A) Bird's nest

(B) Gun

(D) Chewing gum

8. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?

(A) Wine

(B) Whiskey

(D) Water

9. Why does Atticus admire Mrs. Dubose?

(A) Because she has courage

(B) Because she is committed to racial equality

(D) Because she is a proud Confederate

10. Who founded Finch's Landing?

(A) Atticus

(B) Simon Finch

(D) Jasper Finch

11. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?

(A) From long experience

(B) From a magazine article

(D) From college courses

12. Who is the president of the United States at the time that the events of the story occur?

(A) Theodore Roosevelt

(B) Harry Truman

(D) John F. Kennedy

13. Who tells Jem that it is a sin to kill mockingbirds?

(A) Atticus

(B) Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra

(D) Dill

14. Where does Dill live during the school year?

(A) Arkansas

(B) Mississippi

(D) Boston

15. On what writer did Harper Lee base Dill?

(A) Ernest Hemingway

(B) Mary McCarthy

(D) Truman Capote

16. Who tucks Scout in at the end of the novel?

(A) Aunt Alexandra

(B) Boo Radley

(D) Heck Tate

17. Who beat Mayella Ewell?

(A) Bob Ewell

(B) Boo Radley

(D) Heck Tate

18. Whose actions lead Mr. Cunningham to disperse the lynch mob?

(A) Atticus's

(B) Scout's

(D) Mr. Underwood's

19. How old is Jem when the action of the novel starts?

(A) 8

(B) 7

(D) 9

20. What are Jem and Scout shocked to discover about Atticus?

(A) That he can play the fiddle

(B) That he can swim faster than any man in Maycomb

(D) That he is a prize-winning songwriter

21. Who takes the children to the black church?

(A) Calpurnia

(B) Miss Maudie

(D) Reverend Sykes

22. Where does Boo leave presents for Scout and Jem?

(A) In a box on his porch

(B) In a hole in an oak tree

(D) On their windowsills

23. Who mends Jem's pants?

(A) Miss Maudie

(B) Aunt Alexandra

(D) Boo

24. Who runs away from home?

(A) Scout

(B) Jem

(D) Francis

25. For what does Uncle Jack reprimand Scout on Christmas Eve?

(A) Cursing

(B) Refusing to play with Francis

(D) Opening her presents before she was supposed to

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