A mob shows up in the darkness, and a child steps forward to change the mood. This To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 15 Quiz follows the high stakes confrontation at the Maycomb jail where one voice diffuses a lynch mob. Experience the night when innocence met blind prejudice.
To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 15 Quiz Questions
- Why do a group of men visit Atticus at home one evening?
- Where does Atticus go late at night the following evening?
- Why does Atticus go to the jailhouse?
- Who accompanies Atticus to the jailhouse without his knowledge?
- What does Atticus do when he arrives at the jail?
- What happens when a group of men approaches the jail?
- What kind of men make up the group at the jail?
- Who is leading the group at the jail?
- What does Atticus do when the mob arrives?
- Where do Scout, Jem, and Dill hide when they first see the mob?
- What does Scout do when she sees her father surrounded by men?
- How does Atticus react when the children appear?
- Who does Scout recognize among the men at the jail?
- What does Scout begin talking to Mr. Cunningham about?
- Why does Scout’s conversation change the mob’s behavior?
- What does Mr. Cunningham tell the mob to do after speaking with Scout?
- Who breaks up the mob scene?
- What does Atticus tell Jem to do during the mob encounter?
- Does Jem obey Atticus’s order to go home?
- Why does Jem refuse to leave?
- Who is secretly watching from a nearby building?
- What does Mr. Underwood hold as he watches?
- What theme is highlighted by the mob scene?
- What does Atticus’s calmness during the mob scene symbolize?
- How does the mob scene end?
- What does Atticus do after the mob disperses?
- How does Aunt Alexandra react when she learns about the mob scene?
- What lesson does Scout learn from the incident?
- What does the mob scene reveal about Maycomb’s society?
- What moral concept does this chapter most reinforce?