To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1-4 Quiz

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1-4 questions

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1. What dare does Dill set Jem during their first summer together?
   Climb in through a window at the Radley place · Touch the outside of the Radley house and run · Knock at the Radley front door and wait there · Leave a note on the Radley porch steps at dusk
2. Why does Scout try to explain Walter Cunningham's refusal of the lunch money to Miss Caroline?
   She wants Walter punished for shaming the class · She hopes to be excused from the lesson herself · She knows his family takes nothing it cannot repay · She has been told to speak for the country children
3. After Scout criticises Walter's table manners at dinner, what does Calpurnia's reaction in the kitchen reveal about her place in the household?
   She thinks the Cunninghams should not be asked back · She fears Atticus will blame her for the rudeness · She resents cooking for an extra child unannounced · She holds Scout to courtesy as a parent would
4. What lesson does Atticus draw for Scout from her disastrous first day at school?
   To judge someone you must imagine their position · Reading at home matters more than reading at school · Teachers deserve obedience whatever their methods · Country families should be left to their own ways
5. What do Jem and Scout find in the knothole of the oak at the edge of the Radley lot in Chapter 4?
   Two small figures carved out of soap · Chewing gum, and later two Indian-head pennies · A spelling medal and a ball of grey twine · A pocket watch on a chain, with a knife

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.