True or False
Chapter 5 Of Mice and Men
Chapter 6 Of Mice and Men
Science/History
Nouns
100

True or False:


Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita.

True


+800

100

Who/what does Lennie kill in chapter 5?


Curley's Wife/Puppy/Hopes and Dreams


-400

100

Where does chapter 6 take place?


At the Salinas River


-700

100

True or False:

Your stomach can dissolve razor blades.  

True.  But like, don't eat them.  Please.  The acidity in your stomach can dissolve a single blade in a few hours.  Again, don't try it.  

-300
100

Identify the nouns.    (there are three nouns)  Determine whether they are concrete or abstract.


Mary walked her cat to the store yesterday.

Noun:  Mary, cat, store

Concrete nouns


+1000

200

True or false:


Lennie killed mice, his puppy, Curley's Wife, and his Aunt Clara.

False

-1000

200

Who finds Curley's Wife first?  

Candy

+500

200

Who has the last line in the story?  

Carlson


-100

200

A cloud can weigh up to ______________ pounds.

A.  A hundred

B.  A thousand

C.  A hundred thousand

D.  A million

D.


+700

200

Identify the nouns in the sentence. (3 nouns)

Determine whether they are concrete or abstract.


She got the worst haircut in the world at the salon.  

Nouns:  haircut, world, salon

Concrete.

+200


300

True or False:

On average, 50 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.

False.

It's actually 100.  

+400

300

How did Lennie kill his puppy?

He smacked/hit it.  

-800

300

Whose gun does Carlson use to kill Lennie?

TRICK QUESTION - it wasn't Carlson who killed Lennie, it was HIS gun.

-400
300

The last KNOWN time rat torture was used by a government was in ___________.  

A.  1683

B.  1981

C.  1796

D.  2001

B

-600
300

Identify the nouns in the following sentence. (There are 2 nouns)

Determine whether they are concrete or abstract.


He walked by the train with his friend, and they ran next to it.  

Nouns:  Train, friend

Concrete

+900


400

True or False:

Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin.

True

+900

400

How did Lennie kill Curley's Wife?

He broke her neck


-200

400

Who comforts George at the end?  

Slim

+500

400

True or False:


When mustard was invented in the 1800s, it was originally used to cure a headache.  

False.

Ketchup was used to cure an upset stomach.

+1000

400

Identify the nouns in the following sentence:  (There are four nouns)

Determine whether they are concrete or abstract.


He identified the different types of worms in the soup, and his teacher gave him extra credit for eating it.  

Nouns:  worms, soup, teacher, credit

Concrete:  Worms, soup, teacher

Abstract:  credit


-200

500

True or False:  

Hippos can swim faster than a cheetah.

False

Hippos can't swim.


-500

500

Curley's Wife wanted to be a(n) ___________.

Actress/Famous


+700

500

What are Lennie's TWO hallucinations?

Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit

-900

500

The last time the guillotine was used in France to execute someone was in __________.

A. 1977

B.  1931

C.  1984

D.  2002

A

+300

500

Identify the nouns in the following sentence:  (there are 4 nouns)

Determine whether they are concrete or abstract.

The dog ran across the whole track, and he stole the football from the football team.  

 

Nouns:  dog, track, football, team

Concrete

+100

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