TKM TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
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 15 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.
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.
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, 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? - ANS She wanted to help her
teacher understand his behavior so that she would not humiliate him in the future.
10. What evidence indicates that Atticus, in contrast to Miss Caroline, had respect for Walter's
country manners? - ANS Atticus showed respect for Walters country manners by speaking
respectfully to him about farm manners and allowing him to eat his dinner with syrup.
11. What advice about human nature did Atticus give to Scout? - ANS Atticus advises scout
that you could never really understand people until you see things from their point of view.
1. How did the children amuse themselves during Dill's second summer in Maycomb? If you
were their parents, would you allow them to play this game? - ANS During Dills second
summer in Maycomb, the children played games acting to be the Radley's
2. How did Jem and Dill cause Scout to become closer to Miss Maudie? What message was she
trying to convey to Scout about Boo Radley? - ANS They would leave her out in the games, he
was alive and very kind
3. Why do you think the neighbors concluded that a black person had been in Mr. Radley's
collard patch? - ANS he was racist
4. Why was Jem willing to risk danger and ignore Scout's warning in order to retrieve his pants?
- ANS So he wouldn't disappoint atticus
5. What new objects did Scout and Jem find in the Radley's Oak? Why were the children certain
that the trinkets were for them? - ANS Some dolls that looked like them, ball of string, gum, a
watch.
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ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
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 15 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.
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.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, 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? - ANS She wanted to help her
teacher understand his behavior so that she would not humiliate him in the future.
10. What evidence indicates that Atticus, in contrast to Miss Caroline, had respect for Walter's
country manners? - ANS Atticus showed respect for Walters country manners by speaking
respectfully to him about farm manners and allowing him to eat his dinner with syrup.
11. What advice about human nature did Atticus give to Scout? - ANS Atticus advises scout
that you could never really understand people until you see things from their point of view.
1. How did the children amuse themselves during Dill's second summer in Maycomb? If you
were their parents, would you allow them to play this game? - ANS During Dills second
summer in Maycomb, the children played games acting to be the Radley's
2. How did Jem and Dill cause Scout to become closer to Miss Maudie? What message was she
trying to convey to Scout about Boo Radley? - ANS They would leave her out in the games, he
was alive and very kind
3. Why do you think the neighbors concluded that a black person had been in Mr. Radley's
collard patch? - ANS he was racist
4. Why was Jem willing to risk danger and ignore Scout's warning in order to retrieve his pants?
- ANS So he wouldn't disappoint atticus
5. What new objects did Scout and Jem find in the Radley's Oak? Why were the children certain
that the trinkets were for them? - ANS Some dolls that looked like them, ball of string, gum, a
watch.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
