Test your basic knowledge |

Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

Subject : trivia

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Simon Finch
Because she has courage
Scissors
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

2. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Charles Baker Harris
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Chewing gum
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

3. who is their cook?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
From college courses
Guilty

4. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Lawyer
Unhappiness or depression

5. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
At least 15 years
She can read and write
They should lure boo radley out of his house

6. What is scouts real name?
6 and 10
Jean Louise Finch
Unhappiness or depression
Calpurnia

7. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Jem
Both Gum and Pennies
September
6 and 10

8. how long has Boo stayed inside?
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
She punches him in the mouth
A mockingbird
At least 15 years

9. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Air rifles
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Two
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

10. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Lawyer
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Radley
Mr. Underwood

11. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Arthur
Chewing gum
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

12. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Two
She can read and write
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

13. What isAtticus Finch's profession
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Lawyer

14. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
Fur trader
Lawyer
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

15. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
A "****** lover"
Arthur
Unhappiness or depression
Heck Tate

16. After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson - what does Scout hear at school?

17. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Arthur
Tom Robinson
Coca-Cola

18. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
She punches him in the mouth
Tom Robinson
Coca-Cola
Radley

19. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Scissors
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
At least 15 years

20. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Arthur

21. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
She can read and write
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
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
She punches him in the mouth

22. Is Dill intelligent?
Black
Tom Robinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Yes

23. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Yes
Unhappiness or depression
She punches him in the mouth
Charles Baker Harris

24. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Both Gum and Pennies
Mr. Underwood
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

25. Is Dill intelligent?
Miss Maudie's
Yes
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

26. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
At least 15 years
She can read and write
Jem
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

27. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Arthur
A "****** lover"
Both Gum and Pennies
Radley

28. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
Tom Robinson

29. Who founded Finch's Landing?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch
Heck Tate
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

30. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Yes
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

31. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
Unhappiness or depression
Fur trader
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

32. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
She can read and write
Jean Louise Finch
Guilty
Yes

33. The first chapter focuses primarily on
She punches him in the mouth
A "****** lover"
The first day of every school year
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

34. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Miss Maudie's
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
From college courses
Because she has courage

35. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Tom Robinson
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

36. how long has Boo stayed inside?
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Lawyer
Mr. Underwood
At least 15 years

37. what color is Calpurnia?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Two
Tom Robinson
Black

38. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Radley
Fur trader
At least 15 years
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

39. After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson - what does Scout hear at school?

40. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Guilty
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
A "****** lover"
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

41. What is scouts real name?
She can read and write
Scout
Coca-Cola
Jean Louise Finch

42. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Mr. Underwood
Fur trader
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

43. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Unhappiness or depression
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
September
Black

44. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
September
6 and 10
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Scissors

45. what did boo stab his father with?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Scissors
Lawyer
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

46. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Black
Guilty
Simon Finch
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

47. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Tom Robinson
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

48. How old was scout when her mother died?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Unhappiness or depression
Radley
Two

49. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Scout
Lawyer
September
Unhappiness or depression

50. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Heck Tate
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history