Q 01/05

Who narrates To Kill a Mockingbird?

A) Jem

B) Scout

C) Dill

D) Calpurnia

Answer · why

B) Scout

Like Lee, the tomboy Scout is the daughter of a respected small-town Alabama attorney.

Q 02/05

In which decade was To Kill a Mockingbird published?

A) 1960s

B) 1970s

C) 1980s

D) 1990s

Answer · why

A) 1960s

It came out on July 11, 1960 and was an immediate bestseller.

Q 03/05

Which award did Lee's novel win in 1961?

A) Nobel Prize

B) Pulitzer Prize

C) National Book Award

D) Booker Prize

Answer · why

B) Pulitzer Prize

It also won the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews that year.

Q 04/05

What was Lee's hometown?

A) Montgomery

B) Tuscaloosa

C) Monroeville

D) Eufaula

Answer · why

C) Monroeville

Truman Capote spent summers there with relatives from 1928 to 1934.

Q 05/05

What was Lee's actual first name?

A) Harper

B) Alice

C) Frances

D) Nelle

Answer · why

D) Nelle

It was her grandmother's name Ellen spelled backwards.