Old TKAM Test
To Kill a Mockingbird Test Name___________
I. Identifying and Explaining Quotations-Choose only six of the seven quotations below.
1. “I’ll tell him you said ‘Hey’ little lady. . . Let’s clear out. Let’s get going.”
a. Name the speaker.
b. To whom is he/she speaking?
c. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
2. “She was the bravest person I ever knew.”
d. Name the speaker.
e. To whom is he/she speaking?
f. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
3. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
g. Name the speaker.
h. To whom is he/she speaking?
i. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
4. “It’s a sin and I’m not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man it’d be different. But not this man . . . “
j. Name the speaker.
k. To whom is he/she speaking?
l. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
5. “And I thought to myself, well, we’re making a step—it’s just a baby-step, but it’s a step.”
m. Name the speaker.
n. To whom is he/she speaking?
o. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
6. “I tried. I tried to ‘thought bein’ ugly to her. I didn’t want to be ugly. I didn’t wan to push her or nothin’.”
p. Name the speaker.
q. To whom is he/she speaking?
r. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the book.
7. “Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think they’re people, too.”
s. Name the speaker.
t. To whom is he/she speaking?
u. Explain the quotation and how it supports a theme in the boo
Essays
# Although criticized openly, Atticus is respected throughout the town of Maycomb. Why is this true?
# Discuss the concept of education. Does Lee argue for a dominance of education in the home or institutionalized education? What evidence does she provide?
# Trace the theme of the mockingbird throughout the novel and analyze what the bird symbolizes or represents.
