To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 21-23 Quiz

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 21-23 questions

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1. How does the jury decide Tom Robinson's case?
   They convict him within a few minutes · They fail to agree and are discharged · They acquit him and the judge dismisses it · They convict him after several hours out
2. What do the people in the balcony do as Atticus leaves the courtroom?
   They rise to their feet as he passes below · They begin to sing one of the church hymns · They crowd the stairs to shake his hand · They stay seated until the judge has gone
3. What does Miss Maudie say to steady Jem the morning after the verdict?
   The appeal courts will certainly reverse it · Some men are trusted with the town's hard work · Maycomb will have forgotten it within a year · Jem is too young to grasp what the jury did
4. Why does Atticus treat Bob Ewell's threat lightly?
   He expects Ewell to leave the county soon · He believes Heck Tate has arrested Ewell · He thinks the grudge was spent in the spitting · He knows Ewell fears the Cunningham clan
5. What does Jem conclude about Arthur Radley at the end of his talk with Scout about Maycomb's social ranks?
   Arthur belongs to the lowest rank of all · Arthur is the only decent man left in town · Arthur is kept indoors by his brother Nathan · Arthur stays indoors because he chooses to

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