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Quiz about Minor Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird

Minor Characters in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Quiz

Having just taken my GCSE English Literature exam on "To Kill a Mockingbird", I decided to create a quiz to help others revise.

A multiple-choice quiz by Hermy-ow-nee. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Hermy-ow-nee

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
232,119

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1625

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Question 1 of 10

1. Scout and Jem's friend, Dill, comes to stay with his aunt in Maycomb during the summer holidays. What is her full name? Hint

Miss Rachel Havisham

Miss Rachel Haverford

Mrs Rachel Crawford

Mrs Rachel Hemmington

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does Scout say Miss Caroline looks and smells like? Hint

a powdered lady

a peppermint drop

summer

a soft sponge cake

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what profession is Jack Finch? Hint

Lawyer

Dentist

Teacher

Doctor

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who does the mad dog, Tim Johnson, belong to? Hint

Tom Robinson

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Jackson

Harry Johnson

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the woman with the morphine addiction that Jem has to read to? Hint

Mrs Henrietta Dubose

Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose

Miss Lafayette Dubose

Miss Harriet Dubose

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the woman who verbally attacks Calpurnia when she visits First Purchase Church with the children? Hint

Lottie

Lucy

Leila

Lula

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the telephone operator in Maycomb? Hint

Mr Underwood

Eula May

Lula May

Eula Robson

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the lawyer for the prosecution? Hint

Mr Gilmer

Mr Taylor

Mr Whitley

Mr Glayton

9. Who says 'cry about the simple hell people give other people - without even thinking. Cry about the hell that white people give coloured folks, without even stopping to think that they're people too.'? Hint

Dolphus Raymond

Mr Underwood

Atticus

Heck Tate

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who, out of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle, narrates the Hallowe'en Pagent? Hint

Miss Maudie Atkinson

Mrs Gertrude Fallow

Mrs Grace Merriweather

Mrs Perkins

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Scout and Jem's friend, Dill, comes to stay with his aunt in Maycomb during the summer holidays. What is her full name?

Answer: Miss Rachel Haverford

Miss Rachel lives next door to the Finches and, along with looking after Dill, she also owns a rat terrier who, at the beginning of the novel, is expecting puppies.

2. What does Scout say Miss Caroline looks and smells like?

Answer: a peppermint drop

'Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson finger-nail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and a red-and-white-striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop.'

3. In what profession is Jack Finch?

Answer: Doctor

Jack Finch is Atticus's younger brother who comes to stay with Jem and Scout every Christmas and, every year, asks Miss Maudie to marry him. He has a cat called Rose Aylner.

4. Who does the mad dog, Tim Johnson, belong to?

Answer: Harry Johnson

'Tim Johnson was the property of Mr Harry Johnson who drove the Mobile bus and lived on the southern edge of town. Tim was a liver-coloured bird dog, the pet of Maycomb.'

5. What is the name of the woman with the morphine addiction that Jem has to read to?

Answer: Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose

Jem has to go and read to Mrs Dubose for a punishment after cutting all the heads off her camellia buds. She eventually dies, after curing her morphine addiction.

6. Who is the woman who verbally attacks Calpurnia when she visits First Purchase Church with the children?

Answer: Lula

The church is called 'First Purchase' because it was paid for from the first earnings of freed slaves. Negroes worshipped in it on Sundays and white men gambled in it on weekdays.

7. What is the name of the telephone operator in Maycomb?

Answer: Eula May

Eula May was Maycomb's leading telephone operator. She was entrusted with issuing public announcements, wedding invitations, setting off the fire-siren, and giving first aid instructions when Dr Reynolds was away.

8. What is the name of the lawyer for the prosecution?

Answer: Mr Gilmer

Although Atticus presents a much more convincing case to the jury, they pronounce Tom Robinson guilty due to racial prejudice.

Answer: Dolphus Raymond

Mr Dolphus Raymond lives away from town with a Negro woman and has 'mixed' children. He pretends to be drunk all the time, so the rest of Maycomb have a reason for his 'odd' behaviour.

10. Who, out of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle, narrates the Hallowe'en Pagent?

Answer: Mrs Grace Merriweather

Mrs Merriweather wrote and narrated a pagent called 'Maycomb County: Ad Astra Per Aspera' meaning 'Maycomb County: from the mud to the stars' in which Scout was a ham.

Source: Author Hermy-ow-nee

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