| What is Scout’s real name? | Jean Louise |
| Who does Dill live with in the summer? | his aunt Rachel |
| Where is Dill originally from? | Meridian, Mississippi |
| How much older than Scout is Jem? | four years |
| Who is Scout’s first grade teacher? | Miss Caroline |
| What happens to make Scout’s teacher cry? | Burris calls her names |
| What does Scout’s teacher tell Scout to stop doing? | reading |
| What family lives by a separate set of rules, according to Atticus? For instance, the are allowed to hunt out of season. | the Ewells |
| What does Walter Cunningham do to his food that makes Scout make fun of him and Calpurnia punish Scout? | he pours syrup on it |
| What advice does Atticus give Scout to help her understand her teacher a little better? | “climb into [her] skin and walk around in it” |
| What is the first thing that Scout finds in the tree in front of the Radley’s house? | chewing gum |
| What is the second thing that Scout finds in the tree in front of the Radley’s house? | two pennies |
| When Dill first returns to Maycomb, what do the kids decide to do? | roll each other in an old tire |
| Where does Scout end up at the end of the game they play when Dill first returns to Maycomb? | in the Radley’s front yard |
| What does Jem tell Scout to do when she first tells him about the first thing she found in the Radley’s tree? | spit it out |
| What game do the kids play for the majority of their second summer? | Boo Radley |
| What does Atticus tell them to do once he finds out what they’re playing? | stop at once |
| What does Miss Maudie say when Scout asks her if Boo Radley is “crazy”? | “if he’s not he should be by now” |
| What is a “foot-washer,” according to Miss Maudie? | a fundamentalist Baptist |
| What are the figures that Jem and Scount find in the tree made of? | soap |
| Who fills the hole in the tree with cement? | Mr. Radley |
| Why does Mr. Radley say he filled the hole in the tree? | the tree is dead |
| Whose death that winter “caused hardly a ripple”? | Mrs. Radley’s |
| Whose likeness do the kids originally make out of snow? | Mr. Avery |
| Whose likeness do they change the snowman to? | Miss Maudie |
| Whose house catches on fire? | Miss Maudie’s |
| Who jumps out of the top window of the house on fire and lands in the shrubbery? | Mr. Avery |
| With whom does Scout fight in the schoolyard for insulting Atticus? | Cecil Jacobs |
| What is the name of Scout and Jem’s uncle? | Jack |
| Who told Scout that Atticus was once called “One-Shot Finch”? | Miss Maudie |
| What is Tom Robinson’s wife’s name? | Helen |
| Who is Calpurnia’s son? | Zeebo |
| What does Jem read to Mrs. Dubose? | Ivanhoe |
| What is Mrs. Dubose addicted to? | morphine |
| What is the name of the dog that Atticus shoots? | Tim Johnson |
| Who tells Calpurnia that she “ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun” to the black church? | Lula |
| What is the name of the pastor at Calpurnia’s church? | Rev. Sykes |
| What’s the name of the Sheriff of Maycomb? | Heck Tate |
| What does Mrs. Dubose leave Mr. Jem after she dies? | a flower |
| Who is the sheriff moving to the county jail for trial during chapters 13-16? | Tom Robinson |
| What does the mob in front of the jail intend to do to Tom? | hang him |
| Who does Scout pick out of the crowd at the jail? | Walter Cunningham |
| Who wants to have Calpurnia fired for taking the kids to church? | Alexandra |
| Who comes to stay with the Finches during the trial? | Alexandra |
| Who appears in the middle of the night at the Finches’? | Dill |
| Where do the black folks sit for the trial? | upstairs |
| What is the name of the white man married to the black woman? | Dolphus Raymon |
| What does the white man married to the black woman drink out of a paper bag? | Coca-cola |
| Who is the first one to testify at the trial? | Heck Tate |
To Kill a Mockingbird Comprehension Questions Test Review
January 25, 2020