WorksheetsOf Mice and Men Fact vs. Opinion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
“I ain’t much good with on’y one hand." - (Candy, pg. 59)
a)
Poor Candy is stating a FACT
b)
Poor Candy is stating an OPINION
2.
"I lost my hand right here on this ranch. That’s why they give me a job swampin’." (Candy, pg. 59)
a)
Candy is stating a FACT
b)
Candy is stating an OPINION
3.
“Slim’s as good a skinner as I ever seen.” (Candy, pg.75)
a)
Candy is stating a FACT
b)
Candy is stating an OPINION
4.
“George can tell you screwy things, and it don’t matter. It’s just the talking. It’s just bein’ with another guy. That’s all.” (Crooks, pg.71)
a)
Crooks is stating a FACT
b)
Crooks is stating an OPINION
5.
Of Mice and Men was originally written as a play but was rejected by [Steinbeck's] publishers, so he rewrote it as a novella to appease the publishing company.
a)
This statement is FACTUAL
b)
This statement is an OPINION
6.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service audited Steinbeck's taxes every year for no reason except to bully him for his political views.
a)
This is someone's belief, or OPINION.
b)
This is a FACT that can be proven.
7.
The author seems to defeat his own purpose. He is showing how hard it is for a working man to own his own little plot of land and live in peace. But he makes one of the main characters mentally [challenged] and potentially dangerous, which is atypical. If both George and Lennie had been normal bindle stiffs with a dream of owning a little farm, they could have easily fulfilled their dream.
a)
The main idea of this paragraph expresses an OPINION.
b)
The main idea of this paragraph expresses a FACT.
8.
"Well, you keep your place then....I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." - (Curley's Wife P. 75)
a)
Curley's Wife is stating a frightening FACT.
b)
Curley's wife is stating a widely-held OPINION.
9.
"I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same...thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every...one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head." (Crooks, p. 74)
a)
Crooks is expressing a strong OPINION.
b)
Crooks is speaking a--possibly exaggerated--FACT
10.
"I'm glad you bust up Curley a little bit. He got it comin' to him." (Curley's wife, p. 81)
a)
Curley's wife is expressing a popular OPINION.
b)
Curley's wife is stating a FACT.
11.
"George wun't go away and leave me. I know George wun't do that." (Lennie, p. 73)
a)
Lennie is expressing a known FACT.
b)
Lennie is reassuring himself by stating his OPINION.
12.
Steinbeck knew Burns’s poem ‘To a Mouse‘, which describes the poet’s sadness and sense of remorse over having destroyed the mouse’s habitat when ploughing a field.
a)
This is a statment of FACT.
b)
This is a statement of OPINION.
13.
“Lennie was a real person,” Mr. Steinbeck said. “He’s in an insane asylum in California right now. I worked alongside him for many weeks. He didn’t kill a girl. He killed a ranch foreman. Got sore because the boss had fired his pal and stuck a pitchfork right through his stomach. I hate to tell you how many times I saw him do it. We couldn’t stop him until it was too late.” (as quoted by Mackey)
a)
Steinbeck is stating a FACT.
b)
Steinbeck is stating an OPINION.
14.
Even though Of Mice and Men has been banned due to its offensive language, it is still a very influential book and should be taken off the banned list.
a)
This is correct and is a FACT.
b)
This is an OPINION.
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