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Year 9 Knowledge Organiser quiz: Blood Brothers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Act 1 Mrs Johnstone sings the song of which famous star?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Meryl Streep

c)

Marilyn Monroe

d)

Miley Cyrus

2.

Which is a key theme in the play?

a)

Superstition

b)

Super powers

c)

Survival

d)

Good v Evil

3.

What is it called when a character speaks their thoughts aloud, to themselves in a play?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Motif

c)

Narrator

d)

Soliloquy

4.

In Act 2, what happens to Mickey?

a)

He is sacked from his job

b)

He is put in prison

c)

During the robbery, he shoots and kills a man

d)

He threatens Mrs Johnstone at knifepoint

5.

What year was Blood Brothers written?

a)

1980

b)

1981

c)

1982

d)

1983

6.

Where is the play set?

a)

Manchester

b)

Cornwall

c)

London

d)

Liverpool

7.

In Act 1, what game do the children play?

a)

Cowboys and Indians

b)

Cops and robbers

c)

Stuck in the mud

d)

British bulldog

8.

Mrs Johnstone moves house because...

a)

She doesn't like the neighbours

b)

She wants to get away from Mrs Lyons

c)

She wins the lottery

d)

The housing she lives in will be torn down

9.

Who said " I'll look in the dictionary"?

a)

Mickey

b)

Sammy

c)

Eddie

d)

Mr Lyons

10.

Who said "See this means that we're blood brothers, an' that we always have to stand by each other"?

a)

Sammy

b)

Mickey

c)

Eddie

d)

The Narrator

11.

What is it called when there is a recurring image or idea in a text e.g. the gun?

a)

Motif

b)

Reprise

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Foreshadowing

12.

Who said "You said it yourself, you said you had many children already"?

a)

Mrs Johnstone

b)

Linda

c)

The Narrator

d)

Mrs Lyons

13.

Who said "And treats his ills with daily pills just like Marilyn Monroe"?

a)

Mrs Lyons

b)

The Narrator

c)

Mrs Johnstone

d)

Linda

14.

The structure of the play can be described as...

a)

Linear

b)

3 Act

c)

Multi-stranded

d)

Cyclical

15.

In Act 2, Linda begins an affair with...

a)

Mickey

b)

Sammy

c)

Eddie

d)

A policeman

16.

The contrast between the Johnstone and Lyons' backgrounds links to which key theme?

a)

Class

b)

Love

c)

Death

d)

Judgement

17.

What happens to the twins in the end?

a)

They both get put in prison

b)

They both get married

c)

They both die

d)

They both run away

18.

Who said "'Y' know the devil's got your number"?

a)

The Narrator

b)

Mickey

c)

Eddie

d)

Mrs Johnstone

19.

Who said "when you die you'll meet your twinny again, won't y"?

a)

Mrs Johnstone

b)

Mrs Lyons

c)

Sammy

d)

Linda

20.

Russell presents the character of Mickey as...

a)

Naive

b)

Privileged

c)

Disadvantaged

d)

Eloquent