This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > To Kill A Mockingbird > To Kill A Mockingbird – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books To Kill A Mockingbird Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Atticus decide to take on the Tom Robinson Case? A) The courts made him. B) Tom asked him to. C) Aunt Alexandra told him to. D) He thought it was the right thing to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He thought it was the right thing to do. 2. Run-of-the-mill A) Boring. B) Average/Usual. C) Unique. D) Dreary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Average/Usual. 3. Who wrote, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD? A) Truman Capote. B) Harper Lee. C) Dwayne Johnson. D) Scout Finch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harper Lee. 4. Which type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?"What happened after that had a dreamlike quality:in a dream I saw the jury return, moving like underwater swimmers, and Judge Taylor's voice came from far away, and was tiny" (Lee 241). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. When did Jem lose his pants? A) When Bob Ewell attacked. B) At the courthouse during the trial. C) When they got caught on the fence escaping the Radley's yard. D) When the Tim Johnson, the rabid dog, was attacking them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When they got caught on the fence escaping the Radley's yard. 6. Who takes great pride and pleasure out of her yard? A) Miss Maudie. B) Calpurnia. C) Mrs. Dubose. D) Miss Rachel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss Maudie. 7. Which character protects Atticus from his window above the jail? A) Mr. Underwood. B) Mr. Gilmer. C) Link Deas. D) Dolphus Raymond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Underwood. 8. In the book, who does Atticus take with him to Mrs. Robinson's house to tell her about Tom's death? A) Calpurnia. B) Jem. C) Calpurnia and Jem. D) Scout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calpurnia. 9. When Jem tells Dill, "I hope you've got it through your head that he'll kill us each everyone ..... Don't blame me when he gouges your eyes out, " he is revealing: A) His anger toward Dill. B) Warnings from the Radleys. C) His fear of Boo and his family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His fear of Boo and his family. 10. What does Atticus tell Jem about Mrs. Dubose? A) She was the meanest old woman he's ever been around. B) She was the bravest people he'd ever met. C) She was the oldest woman in the neighborhood. D) She lived a wonderful life free from problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was the bravest people he'd ever met. 11. What is Scout's costume for the fall pageant? A) Peanuts. B) Cotton. C) Vidalia Onion. D) Ham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ham. 12. When Dill returns for the summer, he tells all of the following lies EXCEPT: A) That an old lady taught him how to smell someone and know if they're dying. B) That he spent time with his father (who has a beard and is president of the railroad). C) That he saw Boo Radley and spoke to him. D) That his father gave him two dollars (this was a lot back then). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he saw Boo Radley and spoke to him. 13. What is made clear about Tom's left hand as he takes the oath to tell the truth? A) He can't use it. At all. B) He can hold it in one place. C) His left hand is fine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He can't use it. At all. 14. Why do Walter and Scout fight in school? A) He got her in trouble with the teacher. B) He called her father a slur. C) He doesn't like girls. D) He had cooties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He got her in trouble with the teacher. 15. Who Wrapped A Blanket Around Scout? A) Boo Radley. B) Stephanie Crawford. C) Calpurnia. D) Atticus Finch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boo Radley. 16. Who said this: "What's rape? ..... Well if that's all it is, why did Calpurnia dry me up when I asked her about it?" A) Scout Finch. B) Jem Finch. C) Dill Harris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scout Finch. 17. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about the Radleys? A) Mr. Radley was far too lenient with Boo and that's why he's so bad. B) All the rumors about Boo Radley are true. C) Mr. Radley was very religious and strict and it had a bad effect on Boo. D) All the rumors aboutBoo Radley are faulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Radley was very religious and strict and it had a bad effect on Boo. 18. Why are the children so frightened by the Radley house ..... A) They have Halloween decorations that spooks the whole neightborhood. B) The Radley House is old and raggedy, it seems haunted. C) Most of the children are afraid of Boo Radley who lives there. He is mentally challenged. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most of the children are afraid of Boo Radley who lives there. He is mentally challenged. 19. A week or so later, Jem and Scout find carved figurines of themselves inside the tree hole. Then, Jem sees Mr. Radley patch over the hole with cement. Why does he do this? A) The tree is dying. B) He doesn't want Boo leaving any more things. C) He knows that Jem was the one looking in the windows. D) He never liked Scout or Jem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't want Boo leaving any more things. 20. "You know the truth, and the truth is this:some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women ..... black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men." Atticus is using ..... appeal here. A) Logical. B) Emotional. C) Ethical. D) None of above. 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