The narrator of the story is?
Scout
Jem
Atticus
Boo
The Ewell family is?
One of the poorest, least educated families in Maycomb
Highly respected in town
A family of both black and white people
Supportive of equal rights for all races
The first chapter focuses on telling stories. This primarily serves to:
Tie each of the individual characters to their family and history
Mimic the random thoughts in Scout's mind
Lengthen the novel
Make the story appealing to a younger audience
What is the best reason for why Atticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Because he needs money
Because he is befriended with the Robinson family
To raise a furore within the town of Maycomb
When Jem and Scout get their air guns, what does Atticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A Mockingbird
Dogs
BlueBirds
Tin cans
Mr.Radley's plugging up to knot-hole best symbolises which of the following?
The loss of childhood pleasure and the transition to adulthood responsibilites
The withdrawal of Boo Radley from society forever
The futile to prolong life by patching up deadly wounds
The sealing off of generosity
Why does Atticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Because it it the word of a black man against the word of a white man, and the jury will listen to the white man
Because the judge is biased
Because Tom actually committed the rape, and everyone in town knows it
Because the Ewells are well respected in the town
Scout is unusual for a first grader because?
She can read and write
She can out run all the boys
She speaks a foreign language
She is taller than all the other children
Which two characters are the "outcasts" of the novel, by Maycomb society?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Jem and Scout
Boo Radley and Maudie Atkinson
Calpurina and Aunt Alexandra
What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
All of them
To allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role
To remove moral bias from the story
To allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses
The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to?
Introduce the reader to the various families in Maycomb country
Denounce the segregation of black and whites
Show the general disrespect that children have for authority
Blame the education system for the incidents which follow in the novel
The novel's action takes place in?
1930s
1960s
1940s
1980s
How does Atticus demonstrate that Tom's right hand is the one he uses?
Throws a cup at him
Uses a toffee hammer to show his left hand doesn't work
Gets him to throw a baseball
Arm-wrestle him
How does Mr. Cunningham pay for his legal work?
With Nuts
With money
In labour
Protecting his children
How did Tom Robinson injury his left hand?
Caught in a cotton gin
Trapped in a door
Ran over by a car
By fighting someone
Whats is Atticus' old nickname?
One-shot finch
Finch the Lynch
The Lawyer
The Boss
Complete this quotation from the novel: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view..."
"until you talk to him and hear his story."
"until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
"until you walk a day in his shoes."
"until you see things through his eyes."
How is the defendant proven to be innocent?
He wasn't in town on the night of the incident
He was at work on the night of the incident
He can't use his left hand
Doesn't know where the plaintiff lives
Which of the Finch's neighbours does a lot of gardening?
Miss Rachel Haverford
Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose
Miss Stephanie Crawford
Miss Maudie Atkinson
What is in Dolphus Raymond's brown paper bag?
Cola
Beer
Orange Juice
Rum
Who attacks Scout and Jem on their way back from the pageant?
Tom Robinson
Bob Ewell
Charles Baker Harris
Hector Tate
