TKAM Questions

Question 1

Why is Scout’s first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, upset?

Answer 1

Scout can read and write

Question 2

Atticus advises Scout that the best way to understand people is to do what?

Answer 2

climb into someone’s skin and walk around

Question 3

Who fills the knot-hole with cement?

Answer 3

Nathan Radley

Question 4

The first time that Scout sees snow, what does she think is happening?

Answer 4

she thinks the world is ending

Question 5

When fire destroys her house, Miss Maudie plans to do what?

Answer 5

build a smaller house so her garden can be larger

Question 6

Atticus encourages Scout to keep her fists down and to fight with what?

Answer 6

her head

Question 7

Scout is no longer ashamed of her father after she watches him do what?

Answer 7

shoot the mad/rabid dog

Question 8

Atticus believes that a person’s conscience is the one thing that does not have to do what?

Answer 8

abide by majority rule

Question 9

Why does Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finches in Maycomb?

Answer 9

she believes the children (especially Scout) need a woman’s touch

Question 10

Atticus has Mr. Ewell write his name in court because Atticus wants to demonstrate what?

Answer 10

mr Ewell is left handed

Question 11

Do Scout and Jem have permission to attend Tom Robinson’s trial?

Answer 11

no

Question 12

Why does Dolphus Raymond tell Scout and Dill his deepest secret?

Answer 12

they are children and are trustworthy

Question 13

Are Jem and Scout frightened by Bob Ewell’s threat? Why?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

Why does Jem feel that Boo Radley stays shut up in his house?

Answer 14

because he wants to stay inside

Question 15

To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom Robinson’s death?

Answer 15

the senseless slaughter of songbirds

Question 16

Does Scout ever fully understand the meaning of “walking around in another person’s skin.”

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

Although she has already chewed the gum that she found in the tree, Jem cautions Scout, telling her she shouldn’t do what?

Answer 17

touch the Radley trees because that will kill her

Question 18

The best part about summer for Scout and Jem is when what happens?

Answer 18

Dill comes

Question 19

When Scout rolls into the Radley front yard in the tire, what does she hear?

Answer 19

someone laughing inside the house

Question 20

When Jem goes back to get his pants that are caught in the Radley’s fence, he finds what?

Answer 20

the pants are mended and folded

Question 21

As a result of the fire at Miss Maudie’s, what does she decide to do?

Answer 21

Jem realizes Boo is a gentle, good man

Question 22

Scout starts a fight with her cousin Francis because

Answer 22

he claims Atticus is ruining the family

Question 23

Atticus considers it a sin to kill a mockingbird because

Answer 23

they bring only beauty and harm no one

Question 24

Because Mrs. Dubose’s comments about Atticus angers Jem, he grabs Scout’s baton and does what?

Answer 24

destroys her flower bushes

Question 25

Atticus defends Tom Robinson because

Answer 25

he wants to be true to his convictions

Question 26

Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose represents what?

Answer 26

real courage

Question 27

Jem and Scout know that Atticus is undertaking an unusual adventure when he leaves the house with a long extension cord and does what?

Answer 27

takes his car

Question 28

The group of men at the jail disperse because

Answer 28

Scout brings them to their senses

Question 29

When Mayella Ewell is on the stand, Atticus does what?

Answer 29

tries to make her admit that her father beat her up

Question 30

During their encounter with Dolphus Raymond, Scout and Dill discover what?

Answer 30

he only pretends to be a drunk

Question 31

Atticus’s final address to the jury is aimed at what?

Answer 31

the juror’s individual consciences

Question 32

Atticus says that Mayella Ewell has broken the rigid and time-honored Southern code by doing what?

Answer 32

tempting a negro

Question 33

When Tom Robinson is convicted, Jem is upset because

Answer 33

he doesnt think the verdict is fair

Question 34

Who gives Jem and Scout the idea of making Boo Radley come out?

Answer 34

Dill

Question 35

During the time period of the novel, the U.S. was involved in what historic event?

Answer 35

The Great Depression

Question 36

The story is told in the first person through the eyes of whom?

Answer 36

Scout

Question 37

Part 1 of the novel is primarily about what?

Answer 37

Scout’s childhood, school, summer (Dill), Boo Radley

Question 38

The time period of the novel is set during which decade?

Answer 38

1930s

Question 39

According to Miss Maudie, why did Atticus give up shooting?

Answer 39

he felt he had an unfair advantage over other living creatures

Question 40

When Heck Tate investigates the scene of the attack on Scout and Jem, he finds what?

Answer 40

Bob Ewell was killed with a kitchen knife

Question 41

When Atticus leaves the courtroom after the verdict what happens in the balcony?

Answer 41

everyone stands up to show Atticus respect

Question 42

The church ladies in the Missionary Society are more interested in what than in their own town?

Answer 42

poverty in foreign lands

Question 43

Scout goes to the Halloween pageant dressed as a

Answer 43

Ham

Question 44

It is logical that Boo Radley would have been the one to save the children because

Answer 44

he was fond of them and often left them treasures
he watched their comings and goings from his house
they had to pass his yard on their way home from the pageant

Question 45

After the children are saved, what do Atticus and the sheriff decide to tell the town?

Answer 45

Say Ewell fell on his own knife