TKAM Quiz Review Chapters 9-15
1. At the jail where Atticus is guarding Tom Robinson, why does the gang cease in their efforts to
Lynch Tom?
2. What does the statement, “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember
it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” mean?
3. What characters have the conversation, “Well, in the first place you never stopped to give me a
chance to tell you my side of it – you just lit right into me. When Jem and I fuss, Atticus doesn’t
ever listen to Jem’s side of it, he hears mine too, and in the second place, you told me never to
use words like that except in the extreme provocation…”?
4. Who said, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up
people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for
us. That’s why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.”?
5. “He was not much more than a speck in the distance but he was closer to us. He walked
erratically, as if his right legs were shorter than his left legs. He reminded me of a car stuck in a
sandbed.” Who is the referring to?
6. What was First Purchase?
7. Why does Atticus tell Jem he would have sent Jem to read to Mrs. Dubose even if he hadn’t
fallen into her hands?
8. “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it
through no matter what.” Atticus says this shows what true characteristic?
9. What was the real reason Dill ran away from home?
10. Name 3 things that Atticus and Aunt Alexandra argued about in relation to Calpurnia/
11. Why did Atticus take the case to defend Tom Robinson?
12. What character said, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no
reason for us not to try to win.”?
13. How did scout see Atticus (physical appearance and mannerisms)?
14. How does Atticus feel about calling people names because of the color of their skin?
15. Why is Atticus so affectionate with Jem after Jem disobeyed him?
16. What does Scout’s cousin call Atticus?
17. What happens that causes Atticus to go to jail?
18. What does Atticus say every mob in a little Southern town is made up of?
19. What physical attribute makes it almost impossible to believe that Tom grabbed the girl and
beat her?
20. Why did the gang cease to try to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail?
21. What character says, “Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How’s your entailment getting along?”
22. Who helped Jem, Scout and Dill find a seat at the trial?
23. Who is the prosecuting attorney in Tom Robinson’s case?
24. Who beat Mayella Ewell?
25. What was the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
26. Who could Mayella Ewell count on as her friends to testify for her?
27. According to Tom Robinson, how did Mayella Ewell get him into the house?
28. In his final argument, Atticus says there is one human institution which makes us all equal. What
is the institution?
29. What were the reasons that Mayella Ewell lied about the attack?
30. What are the townspeople so upset about the trial?
31. What was Mr. Heck Tate’s testimony about how and where Mayella Ewell was beaten?
32. What was it that Mayella made very clear during her testimony at the trial?
33. In his closing remarks, what does Atticus says the court is no better than?
34. What is Bob Ewell still upset and determined to “get” Atticus after the verdict?
35. What changes would Atticus like to see in our jury system?