Chapter 6 Quiz — To Kill a Mockingbird

Why do the children decide to sneak to the Radley Place on this particular night?

• Atticus has gone out of town for the evening
• It is Dill's last night in Maycomb before he returns home
• They received a message from Boo Radley inviting them
• A dare from older children at school

What does Dill see when he is boosted up to look through the Radley window?

• Boo Radley sitting in a rocking chair
• An empty room with dusty furniture
• Only curtains and a faint light in the distance
• Nathan Radley loading his shotgun

What frightens the children on the Radley back porch?

• A dog growling from under the porch
• The shadow of a man moving across the porch toward Jem
• A light suddenly turning on inside the house
• Boo Radley opening the back door

How does Jem lose his pants during the escape from the Radley yard?

• He tears them on a nail on the Radley porch
• They get caught on the wire fence as he squeezes through
• He trips and they rip on the ground
• Nathan Radley grabs his pants leg as he runs past

What cover story does Dill invent to explain Jem's missing pants?

• Jem fell in a creek and his pants washed away
• Dill won Jem's pants in a game of strip poker
• Jem left his pants at the swimming hole
• A stray dog chewed up Jem's pants

Why does Jem correct Dill's story from cards to matches?

• Playing with matches sounds more believable for children
• Playing cards would be considered a worse offense in their community
• Jem is trying to get Dill in more trouble
• Atticus specifically forbade playing cards

What is Jem's primary motivation for returning to the Radley fence to get his pants?

• He wants to prove his bravery to Dill and Scout
• The pants are his only pair and he needs them for school
• He fears Atticus will discover the truth and lose trust in him
• He left something important in the pants pocket

What does Nathan Radley tell the neighbors about why he fired his shotgun?

• He was cleaning his gun and it went off accidentally
• He fired at an intruder in his collard patch
• He saw children trespassing on his property
• He was shooting at a wild animal near his chicken coop

The children successfully see Boo Radley through one of the windows of the Radley house.

Jem sneaks back to the Radley Place alone at night to retrieve his pants from the fence.

What does the word "prowler" mean as Miss Stephanie uses it in Chapter 6?

• A person who visits neighbors frequently
• A person who moves about stealthily, especially at night
• A hunter tracking animals in the woods
• A police officer on night patrol

In the context of this chapter, what is a "collard patch"?

• A repaired section of a fabric quilt
• A garden plot where collard greens are grown
• An area of rough ground covered in weeds
• A small clearing in the woods behind a house

What does "trespass" mean in the context of the children's actions in this chapter?

• To forgive someone for a wrongdoing
• To cross a river without a bridge
• To enter someone's property without permission
• To stay out past a curfew set by parents