FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Your final exam will cover To Kill a Mockingbird. It will be broken down as follows:
□There will be a MATCHING section where you have to match characters to their descriptions. (15 questions)
□There will be a MULTIPLE CHOICE section that has to do with the background and plot of the story. (30 questions)
□There will be a QUOTES section where you have to explain what the quote means and why that quote/that idea is important to the story (10 quotes)
□There will be a TRUE/FALSE section that has to do with the background and plot of the story. For this section, please note that you will have to write the ENTIRE WORD (TRUE or FALSE) in the answer blank to get credit. (15 questions)
□There will be ONE SHORT ANSWER section that asks you to compare the book to the movie.
□There will be ONE ESSAY you will need to write. It should be 5 PARAGRAPHS long and should answer the question with SPECIFIC DETAILS.
Characters to know
- Atticus Finch
- Aunt Alexandra
- Bob Ewell
- Boo Radley
- Burris Ewell
- Calpurnia
- Dill Harris
- Dolphus Raymond
- Francis Hancock
- Heck Tate
- Jem Finch
- MayellaEwell
- Miss Caroline Fisher
- Miss Maudie Atkinson
- Mr. Horace Gilmer
- Mrs. Dubose
- Scout Finch
- Tim Johnson
- Tom Robinson
- Walter Cunningham, Jr.
Background info to know:
- When did the story take place?
- When was the story published/released?
- Where does the story take place?
- Who was the author of the novel?
- Why did the author choose a child to be the narrator?
Plot questions to know and understand:
- How does Jem break his arm?
- What is the story with Boo and the scissors?
- Whose house burns down?
- Who do Jem and Scout make the snowman to look like?
- Why does Scout fight Francis at Christmas? What gift do the children receive for Christmas from Atticus?
- Atticus shooting the rabid dog & his children’s reaction to that
- Jem trashing Mrs. Dubose’s flowers & his punishment
- Why was Mrs. Dubose courageous?
- Who is Scout’s fiancé?
- Aunt Alexandra’s relationship with Jem and Scout
- Dill running away
- Dolphus Raymond – mixed children & drinking out of paper bag
- How long was the jury out before they gave a decision?
- Who are the 2 mockingbirds in the story? Why?
- The various ways the children try to get Boo Radley to come out during the summers
- Scout getting in trouble the first day of school (3 things happen)
- Scout’s interactions with Walter Cunningham
- The student with “cooties”
- The gifts the children find in the tree
- Who fills the tree with cement? Why?
- Note on fishing pole to Boo
- Looking in back window of Boo’s house
- What happens with Jem’s pants?
- Who does Dill live with during the summers?
- What happened at the jail the night before the trial?
- Mob mentality and Scout’s role
- Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
- What happens when the children go to church with Calpurnia?
- How does Atticus prove which hand Bob Ewell writes with? Why is this important?
- Where do the children sit during the trial?
- When she is on the stand, who is Mayella afraid of? Why?
- What is Bob Ewell’s version of what happened?
- What is Mayella’s version of what happened?
- What is Tom’s version of what happened?
- How does Tom turn the prosecutor (and the audience) against him?
- What is the verdict of the trial?
- How does Tom Robinson die?
- 3 people Bob Ewell threatens after the trial and his attitude toward Atticus
- The pageant – before, during and after
- Who killed Bob Ewell?
Quotes to know:
- “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her.” (Atticus)
Meaning:
Importance:
- “I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.” (Atticus)
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- “Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any…The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back.” (Scout)
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- “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.” (Atticus)
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- “Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.” (Scout)
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- “Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting or escaping. He likened Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children…” (Scout narrating)
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- “Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.” (Miss Gates – Scout’s teacher)
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- “There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.”? (Heck Tate)
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- “…an Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things…Atticus, he was real nice…” (Scout) “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” (Atticus)
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- Who are the two “mockingbirds” in the story? Why? BE SPECIFIC!!
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*** You will also have one section that will require you to think about how characters from all the stories we read this year are similar***
Essay Question: you may PREWRITE (outline, diagram, brainstorm, web, etc) your essay but you MAY NOT write the entire essay before the exam period. YOU MUST WRITE THE ESSAY DURING THE EXAM, BUT YOU MAY USE YOUR PREWRITING!
Using ONE of the themes below, write a 5 PARAGRAPH essay where you show how that theme is represented in 3 of the 4 works we have read this year (The Odyssey, Please Stop Laughing at Me…, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird).
Possible themes:
*Importance of family
*Importance of friendship
*Fate vs. Free will
*Justice will win
*Lies and deceit
*Always stick to your principles
*Perseverance and determination (never give up)
*Never give up hope
*Strength (mental, physical and emotional)
*Treat others the way you want to be treated
*Individual vs. society
*Coexistence of good and evil
*Social hierarchies
*Prejudice
*Perspective
*Role of women
*Revenge
*Growing up
*Something else??? Just make sure you can back up what you’re saying…
1st paragraph –
Intro to overall idea of theme, names of stories you are going to include
Thesis
2nd paragraph –
Topic sentence
Example #1 of theme from one story (ex – Odyssey); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Example #2 of theme from one story (ex – Odyssey); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Transition
3rd paragraph –
Topic sentence
Example #1 of theme from one story (ex – R&J); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Example #2 of theme from one story (ex – R&J); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Transition
4th paragraph –
Topic sentence
Example #1 of theme from one story (ex – TKAM); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Example #2 of theme from one story (ex – TKAM); EXPLAIN how example SHOWS theme
Transition
5th paragraph –
Topic sentence
Summary sentence of 2nd paragraph (Odyssey)
Summary sentence of 3rd paragraph (R&J)
Summary sentence of 4th paragraph (TKAM)
CONCLUSION – SO WHAT??? WHY IS THIS THEME IMPORTANT? WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HUMANITY/PEOPLE/LIFE IN GENERAL?
PLEASE ATTACH ANY PREWRITING YOU USED TO THE BACK OF YOUR ESSAY!!!!