Assess students' ability to identify and interpret key symbols and major themes in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Scope includes central symbols (the mockingbird, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, the Radley house), major themes (racism and injustice, moral courage, empathy, loss of innocence), and how point of view, characterization, and selected passages develop these ideas; expect evidence-based short answers and paragraph analyses that connect symbols to thematic meaning and historical/social context.