Unit 10

Question 1

Parallel plots are two or more plots in a story connected by common characters and a similar _____.

Answer 1

theme

Question 2

When Atticus guards the jail cell of Tom Robinson, _____ speaks to the mob and quells their anger, causing them to leave.

Answer 2

Scout

Question 3

Tom Robinson said that Mayella Ewell was the one who had grabbed and _____ him.

Answer 3

kissed

Question 4

During the trial, the African Americans are _____ because they sit in the balcony.

Answer 4

segregated

Question 5

The two main plots in To Kill a Mockingbird are concerning Atticus defending an African American and the mystery of _____.

Answer 5

Boo Radley

Question 6

Claude McKay is a writer from _____ who participated in the Harlem Renaissance in New York City.

Answer 6

Jamaica

Question 7

Boo Radley brings Scout and Jem home after being attacked, and Sheriff Tate finds out that _____ had been stabbed.

Answer 7

Bob Ewell

Question 8

Atticus says that Tom Robinson will most likely be _____, innocent or not.

Answer 8

convicted

Question 9

The title To Kill a Mockingbird is an analogy for _____ and what happens to him—an innocent man, yet convicted and now dead.

Answer 9

Tom Robinson’s life