To Kill a Mockingbird Reading between the lines Quiz

To Kill a Mockingbird Reading between the lines questions

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1. 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
2. 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
3. Why does Miss Maudie think the children should be proud of Atticus after the rabid dog is shot?
   He did what the sheriff could not manage · He risked his life to protect the neighbours · He has a gift he chose never to show off · He proved braver than Sheriff Heck Tate
4. What does Scout learn from the way Calpurnia speaks at her own church?
   Calpurnia never taught her son Zeebo to read · Calpurnia suits her speech to her company · Calpurnia is ashamed of how the Finches talk · Calpurnia cannot read as well as she claimed
5. Why has Dill run away to Maycomb and hidden under Scout's bed?
   His mother and new father take little notice of him · He has been sent home from his school in Meridian · He wants to be in Maycomb before the trial begins · He has quarrelled with his aunt, Rachel Haverford
6. The morning after the jail, what does Atticus tell the children about mobs?
   A mob is only dangerous when it has a leader · A mob can only be faced down by the sheriff · A mob never does what its members intended · A mob is always made of people you may know
7. What is Atticus establishing when he gets Bob Ewell to write his name in court?
   Ewell never saw inside the room he describes · Ewell favours his left hand, as the bruises do · Ewell can barely write, so his word is unsafe · Ewell has changed his story since Tate's visit
8. Why does Atticus have Tom Robinson stand up during Mayella's cross-examination?
   To let Mayella identify him for the record · To prove he is taller than Mayella claimed · To show he bore no marks from a struggle · To show the jury that his left arm is useless
9. Which answer of Tom's does the prosecutor seize on as damaging?
   That he had been in the house before · That he had felt sorry for Mayella · That he ran as soon as Ewell appeared · That he had refused her money that day
10. 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
11. Why is Scout troubled by Miss Gates's classroom lesson on dictatorship?
    Miss Gates says Maycomb has no prejudice at all · Miss Gates refuses to let Scout mention the trial · Miss Gates praises the jury for its verdict · Miss Gates condemns abroad what she excuses here
12. What does Scout understand while standing on the Radley porch at the end of the novel?
    That Arthur had watched her from the window · How the street and its years looked to Arthur · That she will never see Arthur Radley again · That Jem had guessed the truth years before
13. What connects Mrs Dubose's month of reading aloud with Atticus's conduct at the trial?
    Both show Jem the value of keeping promises · Both show the old families still run the town · Both show courage kept up without reward · Both show that Maycomb respects obstinacy
14. Why does Dill matter to the novel beyond the Radley games?
    He brings news that changes Tom's case · He persuades Atticus to let them hear it · His tears in court show the plain wrong of it · He gives Scout her first lesson in people

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