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To Kill A Mockingbird: 9 Grade English

This document contains a multi-part assignment on the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Part 1 involves matching descriptions of characters to their names. Part 2 requires identifying who is speaking in various quotes and explaining their significance. Part 3 consists of short answer questions about themes in the novel like the 1930s setting and the mockingbird symbol. Part 4 asks a longer question about how race and class affect the story and characters. The assignment tests comprehension of key people, events and ideas from the novel.

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To Kill A Mockingbird: 9 Grade English

This document contains a multi-part assignment on the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Part 1 involves matching descriptions of characters to their names. Part 2 requires identifying who is speaking in various quotes and explaining their significance. Part 3 consists of short answer questions about themes in the novel like the 1930s setting and the mockingbird symbol. Part 4 asks a longer question about how race and class affect the story and characters. The assignment tests comprehension of key people, events and ideas from the novel.

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Name: __________________

9th Grade English


To Kill A Mockingbird

Part 1: Matching
Match each of the following descriptions with the correct answer. There is only one
correct match for each. Please use CAPITAL letters. (2 points each).
____ 1. Calpurnia
recipe
____ 2. Jem
____ 3. Scout
____ 4. Boo Radley
court
____ 5. Atticus
____ 6. Harper Lee
____ 7. Heck Tate
____ 8.Miss Maudie
____ 9. Aunt Alexandra
____ 10. Tom Robison
____ 11. Bob Ewell
____ 12. Dill
paper sack
____ 13. Mrs. Dubose
____ 14. Mr. Dolphus Raymond
reading
____ 15. Mayella

A. Known for her delicious cake


B. Has the best shot in Maycomb
C. Wants Scout to be more ladylike
D. Who Atticus is defending in
E. Broke his arm when he was thirteen
F. Jem reads to her
G. Author of the novel
H. Scouts fianc
I. Never comes out of the house
J. The Finchs cook
K. Left-handed
L. Outcast, drinks Coca-Cola from a
M. Claimed Bob fell on the knife
N. Gets in trouble at school for
0. The loneliest person in Maycomb

Part 2: Quote Identification


For the following quotes identify 1. The Speaker 2. Importance of the quote (4 points
each). In other words, who says the quote and what is its significance? What is it
referring to? How is it important to the overall plot?
16.Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In
rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the
courthouse sagged in the square (3).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

17.Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I asked him why he
was so old, he said he got started late, which we felt reflected upon his
abilities and manliness (89).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

18.I was becoming nervous. Atticus seemed to know what he was doingbut it
seemed to me that hed gone frog sticking without a light. Never, never,
never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you dont already know
the answer to was a tenet I absorbed with my baby-food (177).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

19.Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and
told him hed get him if it took the rest of his life (217).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

20.I told him what I thought, but I couldnt in truth say that we had more than a
good chance. I guess Tom was tired of white mens chances and preferred to
take his own (240).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

21.I heard her say its time somebody taught em a lesson, they were getting
way above themselves, an the next thing they think they can do is marry us.
Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad and then turn around and be ugly about
folks right at home (247).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

22.Scout, I think Im beginning to understand something. I think Im beginning


to understand why Boo Radleys stayed shut up in the house all this time it
is because he wants to stay inside (227).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

23. If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all
kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things
from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

24.Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People say he existed, but Jem
and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon
was down and peeped in windows. When peoples azaleas froze in a cold
snap, it was because he had breathed on them (8).
1. Speaker:
2. Importance:

Part 3: Short Answer Questions


Answer the following questions using complete sentences. Please provide at least 34 sentence explanation (5 points each).
25.What was life like in the 1930s? How does the novel reflect this?

26.Explain the significance of the mockingbird in the novel.

27.How is the theme of moral education shown in To Kill A Mockingbird? What


characters portray this theme?

28.How do Scout and Jem change from children to young adults within the
novel? Explain?

29.How does Scouts perception of Boo Radley change throughout the book?
Explain.

Part 4: Long Answer


Answer the following question in complete sentences. Make sure that you explain
your answer in at least 8 sentences. Use a separate sheet of paper for this question.
30.How does race and economic status affect the novel? Does it affect some
characters more than others? Explain.

Extra Credit (5 points): Explain the following cartoon.

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