To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 5-8 Quiz

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 5-8 questions

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1. How do Jem and Dill try to get a message to Arthur Radley?
   By asking Miss Maudie to pass it on for them · By pushing it under the Radley front door · By poking a note at a window with a fishing pole · By leaving a letter inside the tree's knothole
2. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Arthur Radley's family?
   They had once been the richest household in Maycomb · They had quarrelled with every family on the street · They moved to Maycomb only a few years before Scout · Their harsh religion saw most pleasures as sinful
3. Why does Jem go back to the Radley fence alone in the middle of the night?
   To recover the trousers he left caught on the fence · To find the knife Dill dropped during their escape · To see whether the shotgun blast damaged the fence · To leave a note thanking Arthur for the gum
4. Why does Jem cry after Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement?
   He has lost the only hiding place for his own treasures · He sees the gifts were meant for them and have stopped · He is afraid Nathan Radley will report him to Atticus · He believes the oak tree will die before next summer
5. What is the significance of the blanket Scout finds round her shoulders on the night of the fire?
   Miss Maudie thought of the children before her home · Atticus had watched them more closely than they knew · Arthur Radley left his house to look after them · Nathan Radley had been persuaded to join the crowd

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