WorksheetsYear 9 Knowledge Organiser quiz: Blood Brothers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In Act 1 Mrs Johnstone sings the song of which famous star?
Margaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep
Marilyn Monroe
Miley Cyrus
Which is a key theme in the play?
Superstition
Super powers
Survival
Good v Evil
What is it called when a character speaks their thoughts aloud, to themselves in a play?
Juxtaposition
Motif
Narrator
Soliloquy
In Act 2, what happens to Mickey?
He is sacked from his job
He is put in prison
During the robbery, he shoots and kills a man
He threatens Mrs Johnstone at knifepoint
What year was Blood Brothers written?
1980
1981
1982
1983
Where is the play set?
Manchester
Cornwall
London
Liverpool
In Act 1, what game do the children play?
Cowboys and Indians
Cops and robbers
Stuck in the mud
British bulldog
Mrs Johnstone moves house because...
She doesn't like the neighbours
She wants to get away from Mrs Lyons
She wins the lottery
The housing she lives in will be torn down
Who said " I'll look in the dictionary"?
Mickey
Sammy
Eddie
Mr Lyons
Who said "See this means that we're blood brothers, an' that we always have to stand by each other"?
Sammy
Mickey
Eddie
The Narrator
What is it called when there is a recurring image or idea in a text e.g. the gun?
Motif
Reprise
Juxtaposition
Foreshadowing
Who said "You said it yourself, you said you had many children already"?
Mrs Johnstone
Linda
The Narrator
Mrs Lyons
Who said "And treats his ills with daily pills just like Marilyn Monroe"?
Mrs Lyons
The Narrator
Mrs Johnstone
Linda
The structure of the play can be described as...
Linear
3 Act
Multi-stranded
Cyclical
In Act 2, Linda begins an affair with...
Mickey
Sammy
Eddie
A policeman
The contrast between the Johnstone and Lyons' backgrounds links to which key theme?
Class
Love
Death
Judgement
What happens to the twins in the end?
They both get put in prison
They both get married
They both die
They both run away
Who said "'Y' know the devil's got your number"?
The Narrator
Mickey
Eddie
Mrs Johnstone
Who said "when you die you'll meet your twinny again, won't y"?
Mrs Johnstone
Mrs Lyons
Sammy
Linda
Russell presents the character of Mickey as...
Naive
Privileged
Disadvantaged
Eloquent
