To Kill a Mockingbird Test (Part 2) Questions with Correct Answers

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To Kill a Mockingbird Test (Part 2) Questions with Correct Answers The setting of the novel: >ANS> Alabama 1930s The author of the novel: >ANS> Harper Lee The duration of the novel: >ANS> Over 2 y... ears Characteristics of Mr. Dolphus Raymond: >ANS> A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children. Raymond pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among blacks. Characteristics of the Scottsboro Trial (What was it? When did it take place?) >ANS> The Scottsboro Trial was when nine african american boys in Alabama were accused of raping two white women on a train. This event took place in 1931. Characteristics of Tom Robinson's relationship with Mayella Ewell >ANS> Tom Robinson's relationship with Mayella was friendly and respectful at first until Mayella lied and said Tom raped her. Characteristics of the Ewell family >ANS> The Ewell family are the lower class white people and are very poor. The specific objects found in the tree from Boo Radley >ANS> They find: sticks of gum, a small box containing coins, a ball of twine, two figures carved from soap, an entire pack of gum, a spelling medal, and a pocket-watch Atticus' nickname >ANS> His nickname is "One-Shot Finch." Characteristics of the Cunninghams >ANS> The Cunninghams never borrow anything if they can't repay the person back. They are a very poor family. The reasons Scout gets in trouble on the first day of school. >ANS> Scout gets in trouble because she can read. The reason Jem is forced to read to Mrs. Dubose >ANS> Jem has to read to Mrs. Dubose as a punishment for ruining her flowers. Scout's halloween costume >ANS> Scout wears a ham costume, and it was made by shaped chicken wire into the form of a cured ham, covered it with brown cloth, and then painted it to look like the real thing. Why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird >ANS> It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don't hurt anyone and are always signing.The two major mistakes or misjudgments that Atticus makes in the book >ANS> Trusting the Old Sarum mob not to try to lynch Tom and trusting Bob Ewell not to carry out his threats of revenge Does Atticus have a choice about being Tom Robinson's attorney? Does he have a choice about how seriously he takes this role? >ANS> No, he does not have a choice on being Tom Robinson's attorney. He does have a choice on how seriously he takes it. Is Atticus living up to his definition of courage? Who else behaves courageously in Chapters 12 through 15? >ANS> Yes, he is living up to his definition of courage because he went to the jail at 10P.M. just to protect Tom Robinson. Scout behaves courageously by going into a group of men she does not know and dealing with the situation outside the jail. How well does Scout, the narrator, understand the story she is telling us? How might the way that she tells the story bias the reader toward or against other characters? How does she limit what we know about the story, the setting, and the other characters? What would you most like know that Scout hasn't told us? >ANS> I think Scout understands the story pretty well. She might bias the reader because we know how badly Ms. Doubose treated them and how she complained about her terrible she was, yet Atticus had his reason for saying she was a good woman. If we heard the story through Atticus' perspective we would have thought of Ms. Doubose to be a good person. Scout limits what we know because of her stand point as a child. If she were an adult she might be informed of more things. I would like to know why Walter Cunningham was in the center of the mob outside of the prison. [Show More]

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