English - - 7th Period Meltebrink (2017)

Question 1

Which position are Brain and Gale competing for?

Answer 1

Running back

Question 2

Which team do Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo play for?

Answer 2

Chicago Bears

Question 3

Who wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jain in 1963?

Answer 3

Martin Luther King

Question 4

Which city experienced a bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955?

Answer 4

Montgomery, Alabama

Question 5

Which supreme court case determined that segregated schools were unconstitutional?

Answer 5

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 6

Where id Brian Piccolo go to college?

Answer 6

Wake Forest

Question 7

What nickname did Brain use for Gale?

Answer 7

Black Magic

Question 8

Which award does Gale win during his first season?

Answer 8

Rookie of the year

Question 9

Which king of cancer is Brian diagnosed with?

Answer 9

Lung

Question 10

Who tells the team about Brian’s illness??

Answer 10

Gale

Question 11

Which relative is Esperanza named after?

Answer 11

Great grandmother

Question 12

What trait does Esperanza share with her sister?

Answer 12

Laughter

Question 13

What color was the Cadillac driven by Louie’s cousin?

Answer 13

Yellow

Question 14

Why does Esperanza’s father go to Mexico?

Answer 14

He wants to go to his father’s funeral

Question 15

Which job does Elenita use to make money?

Answer 15

Fortune teller

Question 16

What is so strange about sire’s girlfriend?

Answer 16

She cannot tie her shoes

Question 17

What does Rafaela ask the girls to buy for her?

Answer 17

Coconut and papaya juice

Question 18

Who was assaulted while waiting for Sally at the carnival?

Answer 18

Esperanza

Question 19

Which worker is the most trusted and respected on the ranch?

Answer 19

Slim

Question 20

Which of the following is true about Crooks?

Answer 20

He is black

Question 21

What does Slim give to Lennie?

Answer 21

Puppy

Question 22

Who wants to help Goerge and Lennie when they get their own land?

Answer 22

Candy

Question 23

What does Curley’s wife threaten to do to Crooks?

Answer 23

Kill him

Question 24

Who steals Carlson’s Luger pistol?

Answer 24

George

Question 25

Who consoles George after Lennie's death?

Answer 25

Slim

Question 26

Did Martin Luther King promote black nationalism?

Answer 26

NO

Question 27

Is Coach Halas deaf in his left ear?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Does Gale break his ankle in a game against the 49ers?

Answer 28

NO

Question 29

Does Gale place chocolate pudding on Brian's chair during a team meeting?

Answer 29

NO

Question 30

Does Brian install a leg-lift machine in Gale's house?

Answer 30

YES

Question 31

Does Patti Lucas call Gale her hero when he gives her an autograph?

Answer 31

NO

Question 32

Do high heels make men look at the girls in a dangerous way?

Answer 32

YES

Question 33

Does Esperanza take a rice sandwich to school?

Answer 33

YES

Question 34

Does Sister Superior eat lunch with Esperanza in the canteen every day?

Answer 34

NO

Question 35

Does Esperanza feel guilty because her aunt finds out about the imitation game?

Answer 35

NO

Question 36

Does the Earl of Tennessee physically abuse his wife?

Answer 36

NO

Question 37

Did Esperanza's father only eat fried chicken when he arrived in America?

Answer 37

NO

Question 38

Is Curley the best horseshoe player on the ranch?

Answer 38

NO

Question 39

Does Lennie like to eat beans with mustard?

Answer 39

NO

Question 40

Is Curley the son of the boss?

Answer 40

YES

Question 41

Does Crooks have an injured back because a horse kicked him?

Answer 41

YES

Question 42

Does Crooks read books in his spare time?

Answer 42

YES

Question 43

Does George drown Lennie before Curley can find him?

Answer 43

NO

Question 44

What is the term for salty in taste or unpleasant to drink?

Answer 44

Brackish

Question 45

What is the term for indirect, underhanded or sneaky?

Answer 45

Devious

Question 46

What is the term for flammable?

Answer 46

Incendiary

Question 47

What is the term for a violent storm or whirlpool?

Answer 47

Maelstrom

Question 48

What is the term for disrespect for something sacred?

Answer 48

Sacrilege

Question 49

What is the term for speech honoring someone who has died?

Answer 49

Eulogy

Question 50

What is the term for unstoppable?

Answer 50

Invincible

Question 51

What is the term for behead?

Answer 51

Decapitate

Question 52

What is the term for harmful?

Answer 52

Malignant

Question 53

What is the term for discourage?

Answer 53

Demoralize

Question 54

What did Malcolm X want to accomplish - How did he plan to achieve his goals?

Answer 54

Independent black nation | Use of violence if necessary

Question 55

Why is Brian jealous of Gale?

Answer 55

Gale is a better football player so he has job security

Question 56

Why is Gale's roommate significant?

Answer 56

Brain is a white man | This is the first time that a white player has roomed with a black player

Question 57

What does Gale say when Brian says - - It's fourth and eight, but they won't let me punt"?

Answer 57

That he should go for it then

Question 58

What is Esperanza's favorite item in the junk store - why does she hesitate to look at it?

Answer 58

An old music box | The music box is old and Nenny wants it

Question 59

Why does Esperanza decide to kiss the old man on the cheek - how does he respond?

Answer 59

It was his birthday | He kissed her on the lips and would not let go

Question 60

What happened in Weed? How did George and Lennie leave?

Answer 60

Lennie scared a woman by grabbing her soft dress | George and Lennie fled for their lives

Question 61

Whom does Curley attack in the bunk house? Why

Answer 61

Lennie | Curley thinks that Lennie is laughing at him

Question 62

Who kills Curley's wife? - - How and why does he kill her?

Answer 62

Lennie | He would not let go of her hair and broke her neck when she tried to scream

Question 63

Why does George kill Lennie - Is it a selfish act or an act of mercy?

Answer 63

Spare him from torture at the hands of Curley and others | Rid himself of Lennie or give him a peaceful death

Question 64

You will pick the Most Valuable Protagonist - - is it Brian Piccolo, Gale Sayers, Esperanza, and George Milton? Who? Why??

Answer 64

Use your notes - - make sure you use examples from the book to support your answer.