Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. 

As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, often challenged for its use of racial epithets.

1. Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
2. When was it published?
3. Was it a hit at first?
4. What prize did it win?
5. What nationality was the author?
6. Did she make up the characters from scratch?
7. Was it based on an event?
8. Where?
9. In what year?
10. How old was she then?
11. What kind of story is it?
12. How many main themes are there?
13. What was one?
14. And the other?
15. Are gender roles addressed?
16. Is it taught in schools?
17. Does it contain racial names?
18. What are three other issues the book has?
19. Where in the US does the book take place?

Numbered answers:
1. Harper Lee
2. 1960
3. yes
4. Pulitzer Prize
5. American
6. no
7. as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, yes
8. near her hometown
9. 1936
10. 10
11. Southern Gothic novel
12. two
13. racial injustice
14. the destruction of innocence
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. class, courage, and compassion
19. Deep South