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TKM Test Questions and Correct Answers/
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How did Jem and Scout meet Dill?
Ans: Dill was visiting his aunt in Maycomb in the summer.
2. How did the Radley house acquire its reputation? Do you think it was
a deserved reputation?
Ans: The Radleys never participated in the towns normal
activities. They locked their son away for 1 5 years which caused
gossip and stories.
3. Why did Jem decide to touch the Radleys door?
Ans: Dill dared him to.
4. Why did Scout get into trouble with her teacher on the first day of
school?
Ans: Miss Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout can read and
thought Scout was being "fresh" when she tried to explain that
Miss Caroline was shaming Walter by tying to give him lunch
money.
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5. Compare and contrast Dill's family situation to Scout's.
Ans: Dill was unhappy at home living with a concerned mother
and stepfather. Scout had a happy home with her father,
brother, and Calpurnia.
6. What evidence showed that Scout was a bright girl?
Ans: Scout is bright for a 6 year old because she learned to
read before 1st grade.
7. How did the Finches originally come to Montgomery? What was the
"disturbance between the North and the South"?
Ans: They were the descendants of Simon Finch a fur trapper
who settled farm land in maycomb County. The disturbance was
the civil war.
8. Why was Scout's first day of school a terrible disappointment to her?
Why did she continue to be bored?
Ans: She was excited but Miss Caroline was not pleased with
her reading abilities. She is bored because she is naturally
advanced.
9. Why did Scout tell Miss Caroline about Walter Cunningham?
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TKM Test Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
How did Jem and Scout meet Dill?
Ans: Dill was visiting his aunt in Maycomb in the summer.
2. How did the Radley house acquire its reputation? Do you think it was
a deserved reputation?
Ans: The Radleys never participated in the towns normal
activities. They locked their son away for 1 5 years which caused
gossip and stories.
3. Why did Jem decide to touch the Radleys door?
Ans: Dill dared him to.
4. Why did Scout get into trouble with her teacher on the first day of
school?
Ans: Miss Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout can read and
thought Scout was being "fresh" when she tried to explain that
Miss Caroline was shaming Walter by tying to give him lunch
money.
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5. Compare and contrast Dill's family situation to Scout's.
Ans: Dill was unhappy at home living with a concerned mother
and stepfather. Scout had a happy home with her father,
brother, and Calpurnia.
6. What evidence showed that Scout was a bright girl?
Ans: Scout is bright for a 6 year old because she learned to
read before 1st grade.
7. How did the Finches originally come to Montgomery? What was the
"disturbance between the North and the South"?
Ans: They were the descendants of Simon Finch a fur trapper
who settled farm land in maycomb County. The disturbance was
the civil war.
8. Why was Scout's first day of school a terrible disappointment to her?
Why did she continue to be bored?
Ans: She was excited but Miss Caroline was not pleased with
her reading abilities. She is bored because she is naturally
advanced.
9. Why did Scout tell Miss Caroline about Walter Cunningham?
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