TKAM Chapter 4

Scout's association of Dill with summer implies that

• she hates summer and wishes she could stay in school.

• she looks forward to seeing Dill every summer.

• she finds the summer to be too hot and uncomfortable.

• she doesn't understand why Dill comes to Maycomb every year.

Scout and Jem's discussion on what to do with the treasures found in the Radley tree shows that

• they are wondering what is the right thing to do according to their morals.

• Jem is trying to convince Scout that what is in the tree is theirs to keep because someone left them there.

• they must be unimportant because they were in a tree.

• the items in the tree belong to someone in the Radley house.

Jem pushes Scout in the tire all the way down the sidewalk because

• Jem wanted Scout to touch the Radley house too.

• Dill dared him to push her into the yard of the Radley house.

• Scout was annoyed with Jem for his superstitions.

• Jem was offended when Scout contradicted him about his superstitions.

Which word from chapter 4 best fits the following sentence?

The children all laughed when Scout got punished by Miss Caroline. She thought the whole thing was __________________.

• mortifying

• parched

• yonder

• cowardice

Which word from chapter 4 best fits the following sentence?

Miss Caroline felt that Scout was ____________________ her when she explained that Walter would not take the quarter.

• quelling

• mortifying

• wallowing

• contradicting

Scout's two reasons for wanting to quit the Boo Radley game are

• Jem is always making fun of her and Atticus told them to stop.

• Atticus told them to stop and she thinks Boo Radley is watching them.

• she knows that Boo Radley is upset about their game and Dill takes all of the good parts for himself.

• Jem keeps telling her she's acting like a girl and Atticus is not happy about them playing outside all day.

Dill explains that his daddy is the president of the L and N Railroad and Dill helped the engineer on a train, Jem says "In a pig's ear you did, Dill. Hush." The reader can infer that

• Jem is impressed with Dill's story about his father.

• Jem doesn't want to talk about Dill's father.

• Jem doesn't believe Dill's story about his father.

• Jem doesn't like Dill to brag about his father.

What object do Jem, Scout and Dill think Boo Radley stabbed his father with?

• A knife

• A pitchfork

• a pair of scissors

• a sword

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of chapter 4?

• The children learn not to mock other people because it is rude and shows a lack of respect toward others.

• Atticus learns to discipline his children as they grow older; he understands they must learn social order.

• Jem should have never began playing the game mocking Boo Radley because it caused Atticus to lose trust in them.

• The children play games that eventually lead to mocking a neighbor; Scout begins to realize that despite their age, others are watching them.

Jem tries to irritate Scout by ironically accusing her of

• being a girl.

• having a crush on Dill.

• lying to Atticus (their father).

• taking all of the good parts for herself in the Boo Radley game.