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Of Mice And Men: Steinbeck, Great Depression, Migrant Workers
Test Description: Study this for the background information of Of Mice and Men.
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1) Who wrote Of Mice and Men?
A
John Steinbeck
B
Liam O'Flaherty
C
Edgar Allan Poe
D
Richard Connell
2) What was the first day of the Great Depression called?
A
Manic Monday
B
Bloody Sunday
C
Black Tuesday
D
Black Friday
3) When did the stock market crash?
A
December 7, 1941
B
October 15, 1932
C
October 29, 1929
D
November 22, 1963
4) What was FDR's plan to help get the United States out of the Great Depression?
A
The Best Deal
B
The Hooverville Hiatus
C
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
D
The New Deal
5) What was another name for the shantytowns where migrants lived?
A
fireside chats
B
ghettos
C
Hoovervilles
D
Downtown Depression
6) The ________ was the worst economic period in the history of the United States.
A
The Great Repression
B
The Great Depression
C
The Great Mouse Detective
D
The Great Recession
7) Great Plain droughts led to winds carrying topsoil and burying homes in the _______.
A
Dust Bowl
B
Super Bowl
C
Midwestern Desert
D
Great Drought
8) What college did John Steinbeck attend for 6 years but not graduate from?
A
Princeton
B
Stanford
C
Yale
D
Harvard
9) Where did John Steinbeck live much of his life?
A
Salinas, CA
B
Washington, D.C.
C
San Francisco, CA
D
New York City, NY
10) How many times did John Steinbeck marry?
A
3
B
1
C
4
D
2
11) Which of the following was Steinbeck's first major writing success?
A
Cup of Gold
B
Tortilla Flat
C
The Grapes of Wrath
D
Of Mice and Men
12) Who was blamed for The Great Depression?
A
Lyndon B. Johnson
B
FDR
C
JFK
D
Herbert Hoover
13) Workers who moved from place to place looking for a job during the Great Depression were called...
A
cool dudes
B
migrant workers
C
laborers
D
beggars
14) Olive, John's mother, worked as a ____________.
A
doctor
B
writer
C
teacher
D
nurse
15) Citizens lost their faith in which corporation/institution during the Great Depression?
A
farms
B
churches
C
schools
D
banks
16) John Steinbeck got the title for Of Mice and Men from which poem?
A
Annabel Lee
B
The Great Mouse Detective
C
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
D
To a Mouse
17) What event helped get the United States out of the Great Depression?
A
WWII
B
Revolutionary War
C
Civil War
D
Dust Bowl
18) How long did Steinbeck attend college?
A
6 years
B
He never went.
C
4 years
D
2 years
19) For which president did Steinbeck write speeches?
A
Lyndon B. Johnson
B
Herbert Hoover
C
John F. Kennedy
D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
20) On what day did Steinbeck die?
A
February 27, 1902
B
April 23, 1564
C
October 29, 1929
D
December 20, 1968
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