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To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz - Chapters 10-13
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What does Atticus do that embarrasses Scout and Jem?
A. wears glasses and reads
B. wears suspenders and black socks with sandals
C. sings loudly and off-key at church
D. doesn’t know how to use a gun
2.
What challenging task does Heck Tate ask Atticus to help him
with, much to the children’s surprise?
A. painting his house
B. shooting a rabid dog
C. catching an escaped criminal
D. solving the mystery of Tom Robinson
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10. Where does Calpurnia take the children while their father is
away?
A. to Maycomb’s black church
B. to a restaurant in town
C. to her children’s school for a visit
D. to the Robinsons’ house
11. In chapter 12, what do Scout and Jem learn about the case that
Atticus is trying?
A. Tom Robinson is accused of rape by Bob Ewell, who is not
considered trustworthy in the town
B. Tom Robinson allegedly raped two white women on a train,
but one of the women is a known prostitute
Atticus tells his children that _______ is a sin because ________.
C. Atticus is going to drop the case because he knows that he
A. playing “Boo Radley”; he’s mentally challenged
can’t win it
B. playing card games; gambling is evil
D. the entire Maycomb community is rallying behind Tom
C. shooting mockingbirds; they’re selfless songbirds
Robinson because they know he is innocent
D. getting into fights; violence is never the answer
12. What does Aunt Alexandra decide that she needs to do?
Who is the cranky old woman who yells at Jem and Scout?
A. stay with the children to provide them with a feminine
A. Miss Maudie
C. Mrs. Dubose
influence
B. Miss Caroline
D. Ms. Lee
B. take the children away from Atticus because he is a “nigger
lover” and not a suitable parent
What punishment does Jem receive for destroying Mrs.
C. provide Atticus with some money from the farm so that he
Dubose’s garden?
can afford food for his family
A. he must buy her new plants for the garden
D. give a job to Helen Robinson
B. he must do her dishes every day for a year
C. he must mow her lawn every week for a summer
13. Aunt Alexandra believes that Scout and Jem lack
, and
D. he must read to her every day for a month
tries to get Atticus to rectify this situation.
A. appropriate clothing for the children of an attorney
Which of the following is NOT true of Mrs. Dubose’s health?
B. proper dental hygiene
A. she is addicted to morphine
C. adequate vocabulary and grammar skills
B. she dies a month after Jem’s punishment ends
D. pride in the Finch family and history
C. she has gone completely blind
D. she has small “fits” or seizures
14. Why can’t Helen Robinson find employment?
A. she has no practical skills
What does Jem receive from Mrs. Dubose?
B. no one will hire her because she’s black
A. a single white camellia flower
C. no one will hire her because Tom is accused of rape
B. a copy of her favorite book
D. she is a mean, unpleasant woman
C. a toy steam engine
D. an air rifle
15. Why would the people of Maycomb take the word of Bob
Ewell—known to be an unpleasant and ignorant man—over that
Which of the following words is the best match to the scene set
of Tom Robinson—known to be decent and hardworking?
in Maycomb’s black church?
A. greed
C. racism
A. humor
C. violence
B. ignorance
D. legal obligation
B. loneliness
D. poverty
16. What does Atticus recognize about Mrs. Dubose—and about
Three disappointing things happen to Scout at the beginning of
people in general—that Jem is too young to see?
chapter 12. Which of the following does NOT happen?
A. that some people are just mean and evil all the way through
A. Scout loses her new baton somewhere on the Radley
B. that drugs will inevitably kill their abusers
property, and finds it broken in half
C. that good and evil can coexist in the same person
B. Atticus is traveling out of town every day for two weeks for
D. that even racist people are opposed to unjust actions
business
C. Dill does not visit them in Maycomb that year
17. How many children did Simon Finch have?
D. Jem begins to ignore Scout and demand that she act more
A. one
C. eight
ladylike and leave him alone
B. Five
D. Nine