TKAM: CHAPTER 6 QUIZ

Select the word that best describes the mood of the excerpt below.

Dill stopped and let Jem go ahead. When Jem put his foot on the bottom step, the step squeaked. He stood still, then tried his weight by degrees. The step was silent.

• a. uplifting

• b. eerie

• c. gloomy

• d. exhilarated

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the word that best describes the mood of the excerpt below.

Jem leaped off the porch and galloped toward us. He flung open the gate, danced Dill and me through, and shooed us between two rows of swishing collards. Halfway through the collards I tripped; as I tripped the roar of a shotgun shattered the neighborhood.

• a. panicked

• b. lethargic

• c. loud

• d. anxious

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

What causes the mood to shift at the end of the scene (page 74)?

• a. The action of the children when a shot was fired.

• b. Atticus finding out about Jem’s missing pants.

• c. The children lying that they were playing poker.

• d. The feeling about what will happen because Jem left his pants at Boo Radley's house.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does Jem decide to do that leads Scout to ask, “Are you crazy?”

• a. Jem decides to tell Atticus what they were really up to.

• b. Jem decides to meet Dill to make one final attempt to look at Boo Radley.

• c. Jem decides to return to Boo Radley’s yard to retrieve his pants.

• d. Jem decides to sneak over to Dill’s house to borrow a pair of his pants.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who has never caught Jem at anything?

• a. Calpurnia

• b. Boo Radley

• c. Atticus

• d. Scout

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Jem tell Scout she can’t do[AH1] when they should to be sleeping?

• a. Talk about Boo Radley

• b. Tell Atticus that Jem went back to get his pants

• c. Talk about Dill

• d. Tell Atticus about what happened during the evening

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Jem behave at the end of the chapter?

• a. He jumps up and down because he’s excited

• b. He has his head down because he’s disappointment

• c. He trembles in bed because he is shaken

• d. He smiles at Scout because he was successful

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3