TKAM Chapter 1

1.

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The speaker is not a part of the story or the poem but tells the story from a limited perspective based on their observations.

Third person limited

First

Third person omniscient

Second

2.

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Tone and mood are the means by which a poet reveals _____________________ and ______________________.

inferences and attitudes

predictions and inferences

feelings and attitudes

dialogue and actions

3.

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Is Scout a boy or a girl?

Girl

Boy

4.

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What does Charles Baker Harris dare Jem to do at the end of chapter 1?

He dares him to kiss his sister.

He dares him to flip over a desk during Sunday school.

He dares him to touch the side of the Radley house.

5.

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What painful event happens to Jem when he's thirteen?

His mother dies

He is attacked in the woods by a drunken neighbor

He loses a bet to Charles Baker Haris

He breaks his arm

6.

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Why was Arthur Radley locked in the basement of the county courthouse?

He and his gang of friends beat up a family of sharecroppers.

He cut the heads of a bunch chickens and livestock around town.

He stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.

7.

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What did the children do to keep themselves occupied over the summer?

Attend summer school

fortifying their tree house

putting on plays for no one but themselves

fussing

working at their father's office

None of the above

All of the above

8.

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What do Scout and Jem call their father?

Atticus

Boo

Gregory Peck

9.

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What is Scout's father's job?

He is a lawyer.

He buys cotton.

He is a teacher.

10.

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Who is Calpurnia to Jem, Scout, and their father?

She is their mother and his wife.

She is their neighbor who lives across the street. She acts as Scouts role model.

She is their cook.

She is the ghost-figure who fascinates the children.

11.

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How did Scout and Jem's mother die?

She died during childbirth.

She died of a sudden heart attack.

Scout and Jem's mother is not dead.

12.

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The character Charles Baker Harris is given what nickname?

Capote

Scout

Dill

Truman

13.

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Who is the older sibling: Jem or Scout?

Jem

Scout

14.

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The speaker is an active participant in the story and tells it from his or her perspective.

Second

First

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

15.

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In the first chapter, we are introduced to the major characters of this novel, the setting. Consider the structure of the plot diagram. At what point in the structure are we?

Rising Action

Prologue

Exposition

Introduction

16.

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In what fictional town is To Kill a Mockingbird set?

Atlantis

Montgomery

Mayberry

Maycomb

17.

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The ___________________ is established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem.

rhyme scheme

rhythm

iambic pentameter

sonnet

18.

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What is the Finch family homestead called?

Finch's Landing

Xanadu

Finch's Estate

Maycomb County Seat

19.

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Charles Baker Harris' mother entered him in a Beautiful Baby Contest where he won first place and five dollars. What did he do with the money?

He spent it all buying movie tickets.

He spent it all on penny candy at the drug store.

He used it in a wager against Jem.

20.

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This is similar to the narrator in a novel; it is the voice of a poem and is sometimes referred to as the persona.

speaker

perspective

character