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