TKAMB chapter 20-25

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?

1. Dill's real father
2. Tom Robinson's employer who speaks out during the trial
3. The honorable judge of Tom's trial who likes to chew tobacco
4. A rich white man with a black mistress and mixed race children

Whom does Atticus argue is responsible for beating up Mayella?

1. Tom Robinson
2. Sheriff Tate
3. Bob Ewell
4. Link Deas

Why does Calpurnia interrupt the court proceedings?

1. Because Aunt Alexandra thinks the children have gone missing
2. To declare Tom's innocence to the jury
3. Because a mob is about to storm the courthouse
4. Because Helen Robinson has fainted

What is the verdict of the trial?

1. Innocent
2. Guilty
3. Hung jury
4. Mistrial

Why does Jem cry the night of the trial?

1. Because he is deeply dissappointed with Atticus
2. Because he cannot reconcile himself to the injustice of the verdict
3. Because the other kids won't stop taunting him
4. Because Bob Ewell threatens to kill him and his sister

Who threatens Atticus's life after the trial?

1. Tom Robinson
2. Mayella Ewell
3. Bob Ewell
4. Reverend Sykes

What will Tom's sentence be if he loses the appeal?

1. Life in prison without parole
2. 7 years hard labour
3. Death
4. He'll be sent to a mental institution for the criminally insane.

What do the women at Aunt Alexandra's tea complain about?

1. How poorly behaved their black servants have been since Tom's death
2. What a bad job Atticus does at raising Jem and Scout
3. Their plans to join in the women's suffragist movement
4. Hitler and the persecution of the Jews

Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra's tea?

1. Because he promised to have dinner with Calpurnia and Helen Robinson
2. Because he is tired and wants to be alone to sit and read the newspaper
3. Because Tom has been shot dead trying to escape prison
4. Because Helen Robinson has suddenly died

How does Tom's death affect the town of Maycomb?

1. They decide to have an annual day of remembrance in Tom's honor.
2. It lingers and festers in the community's consciousness.
3. It creates an irreconcilable division within the white community of Maycomb.
4. They stay interested in it for about two days and then forget all about it.

Atticus Finch

“‘You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women—black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.’”

What does Atticus mean?

Reverend Sykes

“‘Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.’”

What does this tell us about how the black community sees Atticus?