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Reading Quiz

Let’s see if you remember the major events of this section of To Kill a Mockingbird.

1) Scout is annoyed when she hears that

1. Jem is going to summer school
2. Miss Maudie is moving
3. Boo Radley has died
4. Dill is not coming for the summer

Answer: d. Dill is not coming for the summer

2) While Atticus is out of town, Scout and Jem go where with Calpurnia?

1. to her church
2. to her home to live
3. to her bridge game
4. to her parent’s house

Answer: a. to her church

3) Who offers her “feminine influence” in the lives of Jem and Scout?

1. Miss Maudie
2. Mrs. Dubose
3. Aunt Alexandra
4. Aunt Rachel

Answer: c. Aunt Alexandra

4) Dill has run away from Mississippi because his parents

1. don’t pay attention to him
2. told him to move out
3. threatened to send him to a boarding school
4. died in a car accident

Answer: a. don’t pay attention to him

5) Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak out to find Atticus

1. in the courtroom working on his case
2. at the jail protecting Tom Robinson
3. defending himself violently against the mob
4. shooting into the air to threaten the mob

Answer: b. at the jail protecting Tom Robinson

6) The mob arrived with the intention to

1. rob Atticus
2. kill Atticus
3. rob Tom Robinson
4. kill Tom Robinson

Answer: d. kill Tom Robinson