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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean Louise call the "jolly Maycomb girls of excellent character who had never made the grade" in Part 5, Chapter 13?

2. At what time does the junior-senior dance end?

3. Who was Jean Louise's sixth grade teacher?

4. Who is the Maycomb County High School principal when Jean Louise attends?

5. When does Jean Louise plan on killing herself in the flashback in Part 4, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Henry’s self perception influences his actions in Go Set a Watchman?

2. How does Jean Louise perceive the concept of “manners,” as seen in the novel?

3. Where does Jean Louise go and what does she think about after her father’s conversation regarding Frank’s trial in Part 4, Chapter 12?

4. How does Jean Louise feel after her conversation with Uncle Jack in Part 5, Chapter 14?

5. Why do you think Calpurnia acts as she does when Jean Louise visits her in Part 4, Chapter 12?

6. How does Henry justify Atticus’s membership in the Ku Klux Klan in Part 6, Chapter 16?

7. What does Jean Louise ponder regarding her recent discoveries in Part 4, Chapter 12?

8. What is revealed of Jean Louise’s relationship with Calpurnia through the flashback in Part 4, Chapter 11?

9. How does Uncle Jack respond to Jean Louise’s revelations about her father in Part 5, Chapter 14?

10. What does Jean Louise do in preparation for the Commencement Dance in the flashback in Part 6, Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What earlier trial of Atticus Finch’s is referred to in Go Set a Watchman? How is this trial displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird? In what ways does the trial connect the two novels?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Maycomb County Citizens' Council? What are the objectives of this organization? What is Atticus Finch’s involvement with the organization? How does Jean Louise discover her father’s involvement and how does she respond?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Dill in Go Set a Watchman and in To Kill a Mockingbird. What is revealed about Dill through Jean Louise in Go Set a Watchman? Why do you think the character of Dill is more focused upon in Harper Lee’s later draft (To Kill a Mockingbird)?

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