Year 9 Quiz - OMAM #1

Year 9 Quiz - OMAM #1

Part 1 - Quote Identification

Read the quote and write in who you think said it

45 seconds per question

Multiple Choice

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future."

• George

• Lennie

• Old Swamper

• Boss

Multiple Choice

“O.K - O.K. I’ll tell ya again. I ain’t got nothing to do. Might jus’ as well spen all my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em.”

• George

• Lennie

• Old Swamper

• Boss

Multiple Choice

“Tell you what - last guy that had this bed was a blacksmith - hell of a nice fella and as clean a guy as you want to meet.”

• George

• Lennie

• Old Swamper

• Boss

Part Two - True or False

30 seconds per question

Multiple Choice

Of Mice and Men is John Steinbeck's first book

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

This novel is set in Colorado in the United States

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

This novel takes place after the Stock Market Crash of 1929

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

George and Lennie are brothers

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the last town Lennie was accused of killing a girl

• True

• False

Part Three Analysis Questions

There are 4 questions - you will answer 2!

You will have 10 minutes for each question

Choose one of the two below to answer

• There have been many symbols in the story so far, the farm, the rabbits, the dead mouse, etc. Pick one and explore further what it could represent.

• Pick either Candy or Curly and explain their character. What do we know about them? How do we know this? Make sure to explain this with specific examples to the text.

Open Ended

There have been many symbols in the story so far, the farm, the rabbits, the dead mouse, etc. Pick one and explore further what it could represent.

OR

Pick either Candy or Curly and explain their character. What do we know about them? How do we know this? Make sure to explain this with specific examples to the text.

Choose one of the two below to answer

• In your opinion, why does John Steinbeck spend so much of chapter one talking about how the surroundings of the woods?

• Discuss the relationship between George and Lennie, how does Steinbeck present it to us? Make sure to use specific examples.

Open Ended

In your opinion, why does John Steinbeck spend so much of chapter one talking about how the surroundings of the woods?

OR

Discuss the relationship between George and Lennie, how does Steinbeck present it to us? Make sure to use specific examples.

Take a deep breathe! You're done!