TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Read BOTH extracts from the novel below and answer the questions set on each.
The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected
length of your answer.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 1.1 AND QUESTION 1.2.
1.1 [The men confront Atticus.]
1.1.1 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.
Write only the question number (1.1.1(a)) and the letter (A–D) in the ANSWER BOOK.
(a) The setting of this extract is at …
A Atticus’s house.
B the school.
C the jailhouse.
D the church. (1)
(b) Explain why the children decided to come here. (2)
1.1.2 Refer to lines 2–3: ‘I pushed my … “H-ey, Atticus?'”
(a) Explain why the men are here. (2)
(b) Why is Atticus here? (1)
1.1.3 Refer to lines 4–6: ‘I thought he … into the light.’
(a) Explain why the following statement is FALSE.
Atticus is happy to see Scout. (1)
(b) Quote no more than FIVE consecutive words from the extract to support your answer to QUESTION 1.1.3(a). (1)
1.1.4 After the events described in this extract, Scout talks to the men.
Fill in ONE word that shows the difference between the characters of the men and Scout. Write only the question number (1.1.4(a)–(b)) and the word in the ANSWER BOOK.
(a) Scout is … (1)
(b) The men are … (1)
1.1.5 Identify and explain ONE theme of the novel evident in this extract. (3)
1.1.6 Do you think Atticus’s actions in this extract can be admired?
Discuss your view. (3)
AND
1.2 [The children are returning home from the pageant when they are attacked.]
1.2.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question number (1.2.1(a)–1.2.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK.
1.2.2 Explain why Bob Ewell attacks the children. (2)
1.2.3 What do Bob Ewell’s actions in the extract reveal about his
character? State THREE points. (3)
1.2.4 Refer to line 10: ‘… his arms were like steel.’
(a) Identify the figure of speech. (1)
(b) Explain how this figure of speech adds to the description in
this line. (2)
1.2.5 The children are rescued shortly after the events in the extract.
(a) Who rescues them? (1)
(b) Explain how this person differs from what everybody thinks
he is. (2)
1.2.6 Later in the novel Heck Tate decides not to investigate Bob Ewell’s
death. Do you think he makes the right decision? Discuss your
view. (4)
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