Q.1
Which of the following is NOT true of the Ewell's cabin?
  • It has grubby glass windows
  • It is near the town's rubbish tip
  • Its roof is covered with tin cans which have been flattened to make shingles
  • It has no foundation and rests crookedly on four large rocks
Q.2
"The back of the Radley house was less inviting than the front: a ramshackle porch ran the width of the house; there were two doors and two dark windows between the doors. Instead of a column, a rough two-by-four supported one end of the roof." Which of the following words or phrases is here used ironically?
  • Less inviting
  • Ramshackle
  • Two dark windows
  • Supported
Q.3
Which of the following does NOT describe the mood of the courthouse during Tom Robinson's trial?
  • Despairing
  • Anxious
  • Expectant
  • Tense
Q.4
What is the name given to the series of economic events which further impoverishes the poor and struggling farmers and agricultural laborers in the novel?
  • The Great Famine
  • The Great Recession
  • The Great Depression
  • The Women's Suffrage Movement
Q.5
"We had slowed to a cautious gait, and were feeling our way forward so as not to bump into the trees. The tree was a single and ancient oak; two children could not reach around its trunk and touch hands. It was far away from teachers, their spies, and curious neighbors: it was near the Radley lot, but the Radleys were not curious." What happens to break the spooky spell of this passage?
  • Capurnia calls for Jem and Scout to return home
  • Jem and Scout reach the schoolhouse
  • A friend leaps out of hiding to scare Scout and Jem
  • Boo Radley comes out of his house to watch Scout and Jem go past
Q.6
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the court-house sagged in the square." What impression does this description of the town give the reader?
  • Maycomb is modern and urban
  • Maycomb is a wealthy town
  • Maycomb is full of civic pride
  • Maycomb is poor
Q.7
The schoolchildren are mistrustful of Miss Caroline because she is from North Alabama. Their mistrust dates back to which historical event?
  • The Gold Rush
  • The Revolutionary War
  • The Civil War
  • The Great Depression
Q.8
Scout narrates the story from an unspecified time in her adulthood. When do the events of the novel take place?
  • 1910s
  • 1930s
  • 1950s
  • 1970s
Q.9
Which of the following is true of Jem and Scout's neighbors?
  • Only the children who live on there have an interest in the lives of their neighbors
  • Most people on the Finch's street do not know one another
  • The neighbors politely keep themselves to themselves
  • The neighbors expect to know everything about one another's lives and personal histories
Q.10
Where is set?
  • Texas
  • Alabama
  • Washington D. C.
  • New York
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