TKAM quote qz 1

English 9

Quote Quiz 1

Name:_______________________________Period:_________Date:_____________

 

 

1. “Why do you talk nigger-talk to the—your folks when you know it’s not right?” Who was Jem asking, and what prompted it? ________________________________________________________________________

 

2. “Helen can’t leave those children to work while (name)’s in jail. If everybody gives on more dime, we’ll have it—“ Who was stuck in jail, and why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3. Zeebo was carrying a battered hymn book. He opened it and said, “We’ll sing number two seventy-three.” What was odd to Scout about this? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

4. “I heard the suitcase hit the bedroom floor with a thump. The sound had a dull permanence about it.” Whose suitcase was it? _________________________

 

5. “She was never bored, and given the slightest chance she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, and warn.” Who is being described here? ___________________________

 

6. “That makes the (family name) fine folks then…The tribe of which (the family) consisted had lived on the same plot of earth behind the Maycomb dump, and had thrived on county welfare money for three generations.” Which family is Jem referring to? ____________________________

 

7. “She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are. She wants to talk to you about the family and what it’s meant to Maycomb County through the years, so you’ll have some idea of who you are, so you might be moved to behave accordingly.” Sho said this, and what prompted it? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Extra Credit:

 

Who said it? “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sing to kill a mockingbird.” ________________