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To Kill A Mockingbird Test Review 2024

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD FULL BOOK REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ "Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!" Said by who? After Atticus did what? - -Jem said it after Atticus shot Tim Johnson (the dog) "Foot-washers think women are a sin by definition." Who said it? - -Miss Maudie "He's one of the Ewells, ma'am." Who said and when? - -One of the older kids in the class said it on the first day of school when Miss Caroline found a cootie in Burris's hair. "I wish Bob Ewe...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 25 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS. Jem stops her, explaining that the defenseless bug had done nothing to her. Like the mockingbird, the roly-poly bug is a symbol of innocence. The incident underscores the theme that thoughtless actions and/or deliberate cruelty can cause the destruction of innocent creatures, a concept that is most clearly illuminated by the death of Tom Robinson. - -As Scout is about to kill a roly-poly bug. What stops her from doing it? What t...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED ANSWERS. What does it mean to "act responsibly?" Explain what a person needs to do in order to "act responsibly" in the 1930's in Maycomb, Alabama. In To Kill a Mockingbird, to behave responsible in 1930's Maycomb, Alabama, a person needs to rise above the petty racism that was prevalent at that time. Who can people trust in Maycomb, Alabama? Identify your impressions of Dill, Calpurnia, Jem, the narrator, Atticus, the Radleys, Miss S...

In what state does the novel take place? - Alabama (Maycomb). What does the children's father, Atticus Finch, do for a living? - He's a lawyer. From whose point of view is the story told? - Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Who is Calpurnia and what is she like? - She is the maid of the household and she acts like a mother to the children because their mother passed away when they were younger. What game does Dill invent? - Dill invents the Boo Radley game. This game is trying to get Ar...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 13 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Atticus speaks sharply to her, and she becomes emotional. She is upset because Atticus is not acting like himself and is telling them things he does not believe in: "This was not my father. My father never thought these thoughts. My father never spoke so." Scout suddenly feels distant and isolated from Atticus, as if she does not know him. - -What makes Scout cry while Atticus is talking with her and Jem? A...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 17 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Mr. Heck Tate, the sheriff, is the first person to testify. On the night in question, Mr. Ewell called Tate to the house. When the sheriff got there, he found Ewell's daughter lying on the floor, badly beaten. She told the sheriff that Tom Robinson had raped and beaten her. He then got Tom Robinson, brought him to the Ewell house, and asked Mayella if he was the one. She said he was, so the sheriff arrested R...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 26 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Consequently, their childhood superstitions about Boo Radley have diminished. The real world, including the dramatic trial, Tom Robinson's death, and Bob Ewell's threats, has proven far more frightening than anything they could have imagined in their made-up stories about Boo. As Scout says later in the chapter, "So many things had happened to us, Boo Radley was the least of our fears." - -Scout says that ...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 6/ EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, VERIFIED. : "...every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley's insane fingers picking the wire to pieces...." Scout uses personification in the last phrase of her description: "the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive." - -How does she describe her sleep...