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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Part 2: Chapters 23-25 Quiz
1
of 5
Who threatens Atticus's life after the trial?
Helen Robinson
Mayella Ewell
Reverend Sykes
Bob Ewell
2
of 5
What will Tom's sentence be if he loses the appeal?
Life in prison without parole
7 years of hard labor
Death
He'll be sent to a mental institution for the criminally insane.
3
of 5
What do the women at Aunt Alexandra's tea complain about?
How poorly behaved their black servants have been since Tom's death
What a poor job Atticus is doing raising Jem and Scout
Their plans to join in the women's suffragist movement
Hitler and the persecution of the Jews
4
of 5
Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra's tea?
Because he promised to have dinner with Calpurnia and Helen Robinson
Because he is tired and wants to be alone to sit and read the newspaper
Because Tom has been shot dead trying to escape prison
Because Helen Robinson has suddenly died
5
of 5
How does Tom's death affect Maycomb?
They decide to have an annual day of remembrance in Tom's honor.
It lingers and festers in the community's consciousness.
It creates an irreconcilable division within the white community of Maycomb.
They stay interested in it for about two days and then forget all about it.
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