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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Dill say he took from his mother's purse in order to come to Maycomb in Chapter 14?
(a) $23.
(b) $5.
(c) $13.
(d) $50.

2. What ailment does Scout try to get from Miss Rachel's cook's son by rubbing her head against his head in Chapter 9?
(a) Ringworm.
(b) The flu.
(c) Mono.
(d) Asthma.

3. What is the name of the black man that Atticus Finch is assigned to defend in the novel?
(a) Bob Ewell.
(b) Cecil Jacobs.
(c) Mr. Dolphus Raymond.
(d) Tom Robinson.

4. What is the name of the Sheriff of Maycomb County?
(a) Heck Tate.
(b) Bob Ewell.
(c) Dolphus Raymond.
(d) Tensaw Jones.

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, where did Atticus Finch go to study law?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) New York, New York.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Scout says that Maycomb County is experiencing the coldest winter since what year?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1789.

7. What is Dill's real name?
(a) Jack Harris.
(b) Charles Baker Harris.
(c) Truman Harris.
(d) William Peter Harris.

8. Where does Dill live during the school year?
(a) Montague, California.
(b) Malvern, Arkansas.
(c) Clinton, Texas.
(d) Meridian, Mississippi.

9. What is Dill's response when Scout asks him in Chapter 14, “Why do you reckon Boo Radley’s never run off?”
(a) “Maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to.
(b) "He's probably tried a dozen times."
(c) "He isn't smart enough to think of it."
(d) "He's shackled to a wall, so he can't."

10. What game does Miss Maudie say Atticus is the best at in town in Chapter 10?
(a) Chess.
(b) Poker.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Checkers.

11. What grade in school is Scout starting in Chapter 2?
(a) Third grade.
(b) First grade.
(c) Fourth grade.
(d) Second grade.

12. What profession does Dill say his new father has in his letter in Chapter 12?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Musician.
(d) Doctor.

13. How old is Jem in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

14. What is the first object that Jem and Scout see in the knothole of the oak tree in Chapter 7?
(a) A piece of gum.
(b) A soap figurine.
(c) A ball of twine.
(d) A watch.

15. What does Atticus say the Ewell family patriarch spends his relief checks on in Chapter 3?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Horse races.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scout says in Chapter 4 that the train stop called Maycomb Junction is actually in what county?

2. What does Scout observe for the first time that makes her scream for Atticus saying that the world is ending in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Miss Maudie tell Scout it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?

4. Atticus asks Jem and Scout as he leaves their room in Chapter 13, "Do you think I'll end up costing the family" how much money?

5. What "dim organization on the north side of the square" does Mrs. Dubose tell Scout she'll grow up to work at in Chapter 11?

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