This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > To Kill A Mockingbird > To Kill A Mockingbird – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books To Kill A Mockingbird Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When is Hitler and Germany mentioned in the novel? A) During dinner conversation with Atticus and Aunt Alexandra. B) In the court during Tom Robinson's case. C) During the first day of school in Miss Caroline Fisher's class. D) In Miss Gates's class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In Miss Gates's class. 2. Who is Stephanie Crawford? A) Finch family cook. B) Neighborhood gossip. C) Neighborhood friend; bakes cakes. D) Atticus' sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neighborhood gossip. 3. At court is seems like a ..... occasion A) Gala. B) Circus. C) Funeral. D) Cemetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gala. 4. Who comes over to Scout's house and puts syrup on his food? A) Mr. Cunningham. B) Tom Robinson. C) Dill. D) Walter Cunningham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walter Cunningham. 5. When the children sneak into the courtroom, where do they sit and why? A) In the balcony with Rev. Sykes because the courtroom is full. B) In the balcony so Atticus won't see them. C) In the hallway to hide from Aunt Alexandria. D) They did not go to the courtroom because Atticus forbade it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the balcony with Rev. Sykes because the courtroom is full. 6. Who is Scout's brother? A) Jem. B) Tom Robinson. C) Atticus. D) Dill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jem. 7. What do Jem and Dill plan to do to convince Boo Radley to come out of his house? A) Give him a letter asking him to come out. B) Knock on the door and invite him over. C) Leave him presents on the porch so that he'll claim them. D) Keep playing outside until he's curious about their games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give him a letter asking him to come out. 8. What do Scout and Jem find inside the tinfoil-patched jewelry box? This is the second item they find inside the knothole. A) Chewing gum. B) Pennies. C) A pocket watch. D) Soap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pennies. 9. This character is the narrator of the story A) Walter Cunningham. B) Dill. C) Scout. D) Jem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scout. 10. What surprising thing do Jem and Scout learn about Atticus? A) He is the fastest runner in Maycomb County. B) He is a prize winning song writer. C) He is the best shot in Maycomb County. D) He can play the fiddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is the best shot in Maycomb County. 11. A white man who is married to an African American woman and has "mixed" children A) Arthur Radley. B) Heck Tate. C) Dolphus Raymond. D) Zeebo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dolphus Raymond. 12. Who does Scout speak to when she runs to join Atticus outside the Maycomb jail? A) Tom Robinson. B) Boo Radley. C) Atticus duh. D) Mr. Cunningham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Cunningham. 13. Truthful and straightforward ; frank A) Mollified. B) Scrutiny. C) None. D) Candid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candid. 14. Who is Atticus's sister? A) Rachel. B) Alexandra. C) Jean Louise. D) Caroline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexandra. 15. What does Walter do at lunch that makes Scout frustrated A) He pours syrup on all of his food. B) He picks his nose. C) He eats with his fingers instead of a fork. D) He burps really loud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He pours syrup on all of his food. 16. Who accused Jem of running pass the Radley house? A) Walter. B) Jem. C) Scout. D) Calpurnia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scout. 17. Tyrannical means cruel or opposing rule. Which of the following sentences from the text supports Scout's opinion that Calpurnia is tyrannical? A) "She was always ordering me our battles were epic and one-sided". B) "Calpurnia was something else again". C) "She was all angles and bones". D) "She was asking me why I couldn't behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "She was always ordering me our battles were epic and one-sided". 18. What happened at Miss Maudie's house? A) It caught fire. B) It was broken into at night. C) It collapsed in the snow. D) It was remodeled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It caught fire. 19. Miss Maudie explains that mockingbirds represent A) Music. B) Love. C) Empathy. D) Innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innocence. 20. Why does Bob Ewell lose his WPA job? A) He's caught stealing. B) He's fired for laziness. C) Atticus gets him fired. D) He gets in a fight with his supervisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's fired for laziness. 21. According to Atticus Mr Cunningham ..... A) Would have hurt him. B) Is an evil person. C) Would have killed him. D) Is a victim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have hurt him. 22. The novel starts with A) Dill coming to town. B) Atticus getting angry with Scout. C) Boo Radley getting in trouble. D) Jem breaking his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jem breaking his arm. 23. Showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment A) Cynical. B) Affluent. C) Indigent. D) Pensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigent. 24. Who was the first person to take the stand? A) Mayella Ewell. B) Bob Ewell. C) Heck Tate. D) Tom Robinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heck Tate. 25. Why was Dill upset after Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination of Tom Robinson? (end of ch. 19) A) Dill was afraid Mr. Gilmer would ruin Atticus's case. B) He was disgusted with the way the jury treated Mayella. C) Dill didn't like the way Tom Robinson spoke to Mr. Gilmer. D) The way Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom made Dill sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The way Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom made Dill sick. 26. Why did Boo Radley decide to go out in public? A) To run away from Maycomb. B) To save the Finch children from being attacked. C) To visit Helen Robinson. D) To turn himself into the sheriff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To save the Finch children from being attacked. 27. What is Atticus's occupation? A) Lawyer. B) Doctor. C) Farmer. D) Undertaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lawyer. 28. Who is Tom Robinson? A) A mad dog with rabies. B) Narrator of story. C) Accused of assault and rape. D) Morphine addict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accused of assault and rape. 29. This character dies "beholden to nothing and to no one" A) Miss Maudie. B) Mrs. Dubose. C) Aunt Alexandra. D) Miss Caroline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Dubose. 30. Who does Scout discuss with her teacher, trying to help him out? A) Dill. B) Walter Cunningham. C) Burris Ewell. D) Boo Radley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walter Cunningham. 31. Who said this? "I holds with Tate. Her eye was blacked and she was mighty beat up." A) Tom Robinson. B) Bob Ewell. C) Dolphus Raymond. D) Jem Finch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob Ewell. 32. Which of the following is Scout's real name? A) Scout Marie. B) Jean Louise. C) Mary Lou. D) Angel May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Louise. 33. What finger did Scout end up cutting when she hit her cousin? A) Left Middle Finger. B) Right Thumb. C) Right Middle finger. D) Wedding-ring finger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wedding-ring finger. 34. How does Scout end up in the Radley yard? A) Dill dared her. B) Boo invited her. C) She was chased. D) She rolled in a tire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She rolled in a tire. 35. What took "Real Courage" according to Atticus? A) Scout fighting her cousin and Cecil for calling her dad a slur. B) Mrs. Dubose quitting her addiction before death. C) Helen Robinson standing by her husband. D) John Taylor accepting to be the judge for the Tom Robinson case. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Dubose quitting her addiction before death. 36. Scout is the narrator of the book. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Why did Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife? A) To save himself the trouble of arresting someone. B) To protect Boo Radley. C) He was too busy to investigate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To protect Boo Radley. 38. What does Mr. Dolphus Raymond really drink? A) Mountain Dew. B) Coca Cola. C) Dr. Pepper. D) Whiskey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coca Cola. 39. What is the name of the larger than life woman who confronts Calpurnia and the children as they enter the church? A) Zeebo. B) Mrs. Sykes. C) Eunice Ann. D) Lula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lula. 40. How do Scout and the rest of the family learn of Tom's death? A) Atticus tells them. B) They read about it in the newspaper. C) They see it happen. D) Mr. Ewells tells them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atticus tells them. 41. What does "licked" mean in the following sentence? "Read courage ..... when you know you are licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." A) Heartbroken. B) Calm. C) Defeated. D) Victorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defeated. 42. What did Atticus tell the kids after catching them with the note? A) Stop tormenting Boo. B) Invite Boo to dinner. C) Get to church. D) Boo is really dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop tormenting Boo. 43. Who First Notice That The House Was On Fire? A) Mr. Avery. B) Atticus Finch. C) Scout. D) Robert Ewell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atticus Finch. 44. Boo Radley is infamous for ..... A) Killing his mom. B) Attacking an African American on the street. C) Stabbing his father with scissors. D) Crashing a car into a store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stabbing his father with scissors. 45. What happens to Miss Maudie's house? A) It is blown down by the wind. B) It falls apart from the inside out. C) It burns to the ground. D) It is destroyed by the members of Maycomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It burns to the ground. 46. What idea is emphasized by Calpurnia when she scolded Scout for embarrassing Walter? A) Being a good friend. B) Being an inquisitive kid. C) Being a quiet kid. D) Treating other people as company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treating other people as company. 47. Who is Link Deas A) Scout's friend. B) Atticus's colleague. C) Tom's employer that stood up for him at the trial. D) Tom's neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom's employer that stood up for him at the trial. 48. Why is Dill crying following Tom Robinson's cross-examination? A) He is affected by the violence of this crime. B) He is upset because Tom seems guilty. C) He didn't like the way that Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom. D) He didn't like sitting in the balcony with the black community of Maycomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didn't like the way that Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom. 49. What does Jem finally do to Mrs. Dubose after he has had enough of her? A) Cusses her out in front of the whole town. B) Destroys her camelia bushes. C) Tells everyone about her morphine addiction. D) Destroys her rocking chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroys her camelia bushes. 50. What is Jem's punishment? A) Reading to Mrs. Dubose for one month. B) Atticus uses it as an excuse not to play in the church football game. C) Jem is grounded for two weeks. D) Dill isn't allowed over the following summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading to Mrs. Dubose for one month. 51. According to Atticus, what is real courage? A) Standing up to bullies. B) Proving to your peers that you can shoot a gun better than anyone. C) Working hard for something even when there's a great chance of failure. D) Apologizing when you make a mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working hard for something even when there's a great chance of failure. 52. Which character blames the loss of his job on Atticus? A) Mr. Gilmer. B) Bob Ewell. C) Dolphur Raymond. D) Mr. Underwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob Ewell. 53. Who does Scout recognize in the mob outside of the prison, and she speaks to him? A) Nathan Radley. B) Cecil Jacobs. C) Bob Ewell. D) Walter Cunningham, Sr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walter Cunningham, Sr. 54. Where are all of the black spectators in the courtroom? A) In the front. B) Standing room only. C) They're not allowed in at all. D) In the balcony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the balcony. 55. Who did Dill, Jem and Scout get caught by when delivering their note? A) Atticus Finch. B) Calpurnia. C) Nathan Radley. D) Miss Maudie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atticus Finch. 56. What is Maycomb's usual disease A) Go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up. B) Never going to school. C) Not having a job. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up. 57. Which of the following terms does Scout NOT use to describe Jem at the start of the chapter 12? A) Difficult to live with. B) Unloving. C) Moody. D) Inconsistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unloving. 58. Which of the following symbolizes the tendency to prejudge others? A) Boo and the Radley house. B) Mockingbirds. C) Guns. D) The mad dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boo and the Radley house. 59. What happens to Judge Taylor? A) His wife is assaulted on her way home from church. B) Someone tries to break into his house. C) Someone locked him in the county's outhouse and he's stuck in there for three hours. D) His dog is killed and left on the steps of the courthouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone tries to break into his house. 60. Who always shouted to Miss Maudie asking her to marry him? A) Bob Ewell. B) Jem. C) Atticus. D) Uncle Jack. 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