This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > To Kill A Mockingbird > To Kill A Mockingbird – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books To Kill A Mockingbird Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Atticus shoot the dog Tim Johnson? A) Atticus wanted to show off in front of his children. B) The dog was rabid. C) The dog bit Scout. D) He was teaching Jem how to shoot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog was rabid. 2. What is Tom Robinson accused of by the Bob Ewell? A) Lying under oath. B) Destroying his property. C) Stealing from him. D) Raping his daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raping his daughter. 3. Who helped Scout keep her temper under control during the ladies' luncheon? A) Aunt Alexandra. B) Calpurnia. C) Miss Maudie. D) Mrs. Merriweather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miss Maudie. 4. What happens when Scout tries to explain to Miss Caroline the Cunnigham don't take charity? A) Scout get hit with a ruler and put in the corner. B) Scout gets sent home. C) Scour send her brother Jem to beat up Walter. D) Miss Caroline gives her detention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scout get hit with a ruler and put in the corner. 5. For what purpose will Reverend Sykes use the money from the collection? A) To pay Atticus. B) To pay for a roof. C) To help Tom Robinson's family survive. D) To pay Tom Robinson's bail money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help Tom Robinson's family survive. 6. What did Mrs. Dubose vow to do before she died? A) Quit a morphine addiction. B) Ruin Jem's life. C) Get Atticus to admit he should have re-married. D) Make Scout dress more lady-like. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit a morphine addiction. 7. Why does Jem cry on the night of the trial? A) He is deeply disappointed in Atticus. B) He is upset by the injustice of the verdict. C) He is relieved the trial is over. D) He is scared because Bob Ewell threatened his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is upset by the injustice of the verdict. 8. What is the name of the white supremacist group that threatens Atticus and Tom Robinson? A) The Ku Klux Klan. B) The Aryan Brotherhood. C) The Skinheads. D) The National Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Ku Klux Klan. 9. Who threatens Atticus after the trial is over? A) Helen Robinson. B) Mayella Ewell. C) Bob Ewell. D) Judge Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bob Ewell. 10. What does Mrs. Dubose tell Jem he has to do to apologize for his behavior? A) Read to her for an hour a day for a month. B) Replant her camelia bushes and tend to them. C) Build her a new rocking chair and sit with her on the porch. D) Run her errands around town for a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read to her for an hour a day for a month. 11. This character puts a blanket on Scout A) Miss Maudie. B) Jem. C) Atticus. D) Boo Radley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boo Radley. 12. What did Tom say that Mayella asked him to do? A) Chop some wood. B) Fix a door. C) Chop up a chaffarobe. D) Bring the cows in from the pasture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fix a door. 13. Miss Caroline is A) A teacher at the school. B) A crazy old lady. C) A nun at the church. D) A neighbor of the Finch's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A teacher at the school. 14. How did Atticus react to this encounter with Mr. Ewell? A) He walked away. B) He had Mr. Ewell arrested. C) He punched Mr. Ewell in the face. D) He shot Mr. Ewell with his handgun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He walked away. 15. How does Atticus' family react to his decision to defend Tom Robinson? A) They support it, according to Aunt Alexandra. B) They disapprove of it, according to Francis. C) They do not know of it, because they aren't close. D) They don't have an opinion either way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They disapprove of it, according to Francis. 16. Who is hard on Scout at home, encouraging her to have good manners and be polite. A) Mrs. Maudie. B) Calpurnia. C) Her father, Atticus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calpurnia. 17. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? A) They're Atticus' favorite bird. B) They're innocent. C) They're an endangered species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're innocent. 18. Why was Jem upset when Mr. Nathan closed up the knothole in the tree? A) He wanted to play in the tree. B) He felt sorry for himself. C) He wanted to communicate with the "person" who was giving them gifts. D) He knew Scout would be upset and felt sorry for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to communicate with the "person" who was giving them gifts. 19. Where did Atticus just come from at the end of chapter 11? Why? A) His office. Mrs. Dubose had died. B) Mrs. Dubose's house. She just died. C) Mrs. Dubose's house. She just got home. D) His office. Tom Robinson was home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Dubose's house. She just died. 20. These are all things Jem and Scout find in the tree EXCEPT ..... A) Gum and pennies. B) Spelling medal. C) Matches. D) An old watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matches. 21. Which character lives with Miss Rachel during the summers? A) Miss Maudie. B) Dill Harris. C) Cecil Jacobs. D) Arthur Radley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dill Harris. 22. What is in Mr. Raymond's bag? A) Whiskey. B) Apple Juice. C) Coca Cola. D) Vodka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coca Cola. 23. Which character has his arm broken by Bob Ewell? A) Jem Finch. B) Arthur Radley. C) Scout Finch. D) Dill Harris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jem Finch. 24. What do the kids get caught doing by Atticus? A) Trying to look in Boo Radley's window. B) Acting out a play of Boo Radley's life. C) Rolling in the tire into the Radley yard. D) Trying to get a note to Boo Radley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trying to get a note to Boo Radley. 25. How does Scout 'save' Atticus when he waits at the county jail door that night? A) She lets off fireworks. B) She reads a dictionary to put her enemies to sleep. C) She reminds Mr. Cunningham of inviting his son to dinner and what entailment is. D) She practices her stand-up routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She reminds Mr. Cunningham of inviting his son to dinner and what entailment is. 26. Who said this? "So you brought that dirty little sister of yours, did you?" A) Mrs. Dubose. B) Miss Maudie. C) Bob Ewell. D) Heck Tate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Dubose. 27. Why does Mayella think Atticus is mocking her when begins his cross-examination? A) He calls her Miss Mayella. B) He is polite to her. C) He asks her to repeat some of the things she already told Mr. Gilmer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. Which of the following symbolizes an unfair advantage over living things? A) Mockingbirds. B) Dirt Snowman. C) Guns. D) Mad Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guns. 29. What happened to Tom's arm when he was a boy? A) A dog bit it. B) He fell and broke it. C) It got caught in a cotton gin. D) It got run over by a bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It got caught in a cotton gin. 30. Atticus can be described as all of the following EXCEPT A) Jem and Scout's dad. B) The deadest shot in Maycomb County. C) Dill's uncle. D) A lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dill's uncle. 31. Why does Scout not want Jem to go back to the Radley's yard? A) She's afraid he'll get shot. B) She's afraid he'll get stabbed. C) She's afraid he'll get molested. D) She's afraid he'll get arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She's afraid he'll get shot. 32. Which type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statement?"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place" (Lee 231). A) Emotional appeal. B) Logical appeal. C) Ethical appeal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logical appeal. 33. In the dark, how does Scout know that they are under the big oak tree? A) She hears the wind rustle the leaves. B) The ground feels colder under her feet. C) Her hands brush the knot-hole in the tree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ground feels colder under her feet. 34. Who is Braxton Underwood? A) Maycomb's sheriff. B) Scout's classmate; poor but proud. C) Morphine addict. D) Newspaper publisher and editor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Newspaper publisher and editor. 35. What excuse does Dill make up to save Jem? A) They were playing strip poker. B) They were skinny dipping. C) They were wrestling and ripped them. D) They were using them as a kite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing strip poker. 36. According to Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell never offered him any money. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. What did the people of Maycomb do to help Miss Maudie? A) Removed her furniture from her house. B) Saved her baby from the nursery. C) Rescued her cat from the roof. D) Fed her and wrapped her in blankets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removed her furniture from her house. 38. What makes life at home tense for Scout when Aunt Alexandra is there? A) Aunt Alexandra does socially inappropriate things and embarrasses Scout. B) Aunt Alexandra does not like Scout's friends and is rude to them. C) Aunt Alexandra thinks that Scout spends too much time indoors and encourages her to go outside. D) Aunt Alexandra values family status over anything else. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aunt Alexandra values family status over anything else. 39. What does Walter do at dinner that surprises Scout? A) He throws the food away. B) He puts ketchup on his food. C) He puts syrup on his food. D) He gets up from the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He puts syrup on his food. 40. Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose? A) Narrator of story. B) Neighborhood friend; bakes cakes. C) Neighborhood gossip. D) Morphine addict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morphine addict. 41. Atticus reaches the conclusion that Mrs. Dubose was ..... A) A very brave person. B) A kind person. C) Blaming others for her problems. D) Evil to the core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A very brave person. 42. Which word best describes Calpurnia's church's congregation? A) Generous; they are willing to help Tom Robinson's family while he's in jail. B) Resourceful; although many can't read, they find a way to learn hymns. C) Welcoming; they acknowledge and appreciate the Finch children joining them. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 43. The Radley place attracts the children because A) Mrs. Radley bakes sweets and feeds the neighborhood children frequently. B) The Radleys are rich and have nice toys to play with. C) Mystery surrounds the house and the family due to rumors of a "phantom" living inside. D) The house is abandoned and the children like to throw rocks at the house's windows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mystery surrounds the house and the family due to rumors of a "phantom" living inside. 44. What does the mad dog symbolize? A) The tendency to prejudge others. B) An unfair advantage over other living things. C) Innocent people who are wrongfully harmed. D) Atticus is trying to "shoot" down the prejudice in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atticus is trying to "shoot" down the prejudice in town. 45. What did the people in the balcony do when Atticus left the courtroom? A) The people ignored him. B) They followed him out of the building. C) They turned their backs on him. D) They stood in respect of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They stood in respect of him. 46. What is the name of the character who visits the Finch children in the summer, and likes to play the Boo Radley game with them? A) Walter. B) Scout. C) Jem. D) Dill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dill. 47. Who's house burns down? A) Aunt Alexandra. B) Mrs. Dubose. C) Miss Maudie. D) Miss Caroline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miss Maudie. 48. Fear of differences, the unknown, and things not understood is common among all human cultures. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. What did Mr. Ewell say in response to hearing about Tom's death? A) One down and about two more to go. B) He had it coming. C) Good, it serves him right. D) I'm just mad that I didn't get to pull the trigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One down and about two more to go. 50. Was The Owner Of the House Upset That It Burned Down? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 51. What did Mayella say she asked Tom to help her with? A) Fixing a door. B) Moving a dresser. C) Chopping up a chiffarobe. D) Chopping some firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chopping up a chiffarobe. 52. Who said this? "I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time." A) Jem Finch. B) Dill Harris. C) Scout Finch. D) Miss Maudie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jem Finch. 53. In a way that shows care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties A) Encumber. B) Diligently. C) Irrelevant. D) Pensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diligently. 54. What is Scout's real name? A) Louise Marie. B) Josie May. C) Jean Louise. D) May Louise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jean Louise. 55. How does Tom's death affect Maycomb's community? A) They decide to have an annual day of remembrance in Tom's honor. B) It creates a bigger division between the white and black citizens. C) They have a memorial in the square for him but that's about it. D) They stay interested in it for about two days and then forget all about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They stay interested in it for about two days and then forget all about it. 56. Miss Caroline is upset because A) Scout knows how to read and write. B) Someone spilled their milk. C) The neighbor's dog won't stop barking. D) She fell down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scout knows how to read and write. 57. Atticus knew that Jem and Scout were watching from the courtroom balcony. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. Whom does Bob Ewell blame when he loses his job? A) Tom Robinson. B) Atticus. C) Mayella. D) Judge Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atticus. 59. Why did Miss Maudie dislike her house? A) Time spent indoors was wasted. B) It was falling apart from no husband. C) She would rather go to work as a teacher. D) She didn't have a house, she rented a room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time spent indoors was wasted. 60. 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