English of Mice and Men Test

Julia Fusco
4/27/09

Of Mice and Men Test

Ten On the Line Questions

1. Where did Lennie and George previously comes from?
A) Salinas B) Weed C) Seattle D) Boston


2. Which type of conflict is not in the book?
A) Man vs. nature B) man vs. man C) man vs. god/fate D) man vs. self

3. What do the rabbits mean as a symbol?
A) Money B) rebirth and spring C) a home and a new life D) friendship

4. Who kills Candy’s dog?
A) Candy B) Carlson C) Slim D) Curly

5 What theme is in the book?
A) Money is everything B) the best made plans get messed up C) be nice to the earth
D) Don’t betray a your friends

6. What motifs were in the book?
A)Lennie being compared to an animal B) rabbits equaling home C) women’s rights
D) All of the above

7. Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble?
A) In the brush B) by the lake C) In the train yard D) A and B

8. What big historical event was happening at the time of the book?
A) The Progressive Era B) The Great Recession C) The Civil War D) The Great Depression

9. How many dogs altogether were killed in the whole book?
A)10 B) 5 C) 27 D) 12

10. What is one of the words Curly’s wife is called?
A) Sweetheart B) a bitch C) a tart D)a brat

11. What kind of conflict happened in the bunkhouse?
A) Candy’s dog was shot B) Lennie fought Curly C) Lennie killed Curly’s wife
D) Lennie kicked crooks



Between The line Essays

Would George regret leaving Lennie behind?

George and Lennie travel together and are the best of buds. But, the two of them get in to little disagreements. Near the beginning of the book George gets mad at Lennie. Lennnie says, he will go away forever. George acts as if he wouldn’t regret leaving Lennie or vice versa. George says, “I could get along so easy and nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and have a girl.” Even though he said this, George would regret leaving Lennie behind. The two of them have been together for a long time. George said to Lennie’s aunt Clara that he would look after Lennie for her. He is suppose to look after Lennie and George would be going against his word if he didn’t watch after Lennie especially knowing Lennie can get in trouble easily. Secondly, George’s conscience would get to him if the two split up. That is the same as man vs. self. Because man vs. self is thinking about things a person does and the outcome. So George would regret leaving Lennie behind to live on his own.


Between the Lines question Number Two
Why does Slim think it’s odd that George and Lennie travel together?
The book Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression. During the Great Depression,the economy was having trouble. People were having a hard time finding jobs and didn’t have much money. People traveled to ranches for work, but usuallythey traveled to the ranches by themselves not with another person. Lennie and George travel to the ranch together. Slim thinks this is abnormal. In the book, one of the characters says that people are afraid of one another. Workers could be afraid that someone would steal their money, all because they were desperate. It’s easier to steal as a pair. (The well-known crooks were a pair.) It is easier to gang up on a person and steal their items. That’s why people traveled alone during the depression era. It never occurred to most people that it could help to have a partner. The partner could be on their side in fights and the two of them could put their money together. Lennie and George had the right idea by sticking together.

Between the Lines Question Number Three
Why do you think Curly and His Wife Keep “losing” each other?
When Curly’s wife comes in to the bunkhouse in the beginning of the book she asks the bunkmates if they have seen her husband. When Curly comes in to the bunkhouse he is looking for his wife. Whit says, “Curly’s looking for her. She’s looking for Curly. It seems as if they are always losing one another; and then looking for each other.” In my opinion, the two of them are doing this to make their life more interesting; they hide from each other. Their playing games with each other. Sometimes grown-ups play grown up games. It makes their love life more interesting since the two of them live on a ranch during the Depression. There’s not much to do for fun. Initially, hiding from each other seems to be how they get excitement. However, near the end of the book, Curly’s wife confesses to Lennie that she does not like Curly and he’s mean. At this point, the reader realizes that she may be hiding from him because she does not want to deal with him.



Beyond the Line Question
Compare Lennie to someone you know. How are they the same? How are they different?
Whenever someone takes a standardized test there are comparisons, such as cow is to calf as puppy is to dog. This can be done with people too. I am going to compare and contrast my cousin Matthew to Lennie from Of Mice and Men.
One w ay Lennie is like my Cousin is they are both mentally challenged. My cousin is autistic. Lennie forgets the plan he and George made about where they’re going. Lennie says, “Where we going George?” George’s response is, “So, you forget awready” Lennie forgets simple things. He’s always asking the same question and George has to constantly remind him of what they’re going to do next. Also, Lennie keeps asking George about the future and how in the future the two of them will have a farm with lots of rabbits. Multiple times in the book Lennie asks the famous line, “George, tell me about the rabbits.”
Lennie enjoys textures; he likes puppy fur, velvet, and Curly’s wife’s hair. Lennie says, “I use to have a piece of velvet my Aunt Clara gave me.” Back in Weed, Lennie got in trouble for touching a girl’s dress. (He didn’t say what he was doing.) It’s amusing how Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket he considers a mouse and a dog as a companion, but he loves them to death. What he really needs is a companion he can’t pet to death.
My cousin reminds me of Lennie in many ways. He also loves to feel the textures of our stuffed animals. He strokes them and feels the different textures one by one. Matthew also asks about things repeatedly. For example, he rolls his fist in his other hand. This motion means he wants me to tell him the story of what’s going to happen nest. I tell him, “You are going to eat, play with the toy box, go outside, then mama or dada will come.” Unlike Lennie, he doesn’t forget it’s for reassurance. Matthew isn’t as big as Lennie but, he sure eats and drinks like him. Matthew will have coffee cake plus three sandwiches.
During the 20th century lots of technology has been created/invented. Some tools were invented to help disabled people. Matthew has pictures in a book to represent words, so he can communicate what he wants or is thinking. When he wants something he points to the picture. He can even make sentences with more than one picture. Plus he has a computer that talks for him. Lennie can talk and do everyday activities which is another difference between Lennie and Matthew.
It must be tough to live like Lennie and be judged or for people to be think you’re weird just because you’re big and your mind works differently. Now we have a better understanding of illnesses such as the way Lennie acted or autistic children like Matthew. We try to make it easier for them to live in society. Doctors are always coming up with medicines and technology to help people with disabilities. Lennie had a hard time in his life and a tragic death. His best friend killed him because Lennie panicked and killed someone.

the government money five facts

Five facts about the budget and where it comes from

32% of the money is from wage tax and 28& goes to other governments.

local no tax refers people who are in charge of making license and other permit.s

others are such as amusement taxes and they are worth 5% right now.


wage tax is the lowest revenue tax here in philadelphia it is taken from employments income.

property tax is is ten percent of the generals funds budget.

personality follow up

what l learned about ISFJ's/ guardians
we like to read about real life s stories when researching we write known facts first then new fact.
our greek god is epimethius his name means after thought.
it means introverted, sensing,feeling, and judging. we are quiet, look at the world around us we feel and try to resolve conflicts.we think before we do.
jobs we could do are medical work, teaching,or a social worker.

idealists:
animal is golden retriever because it's protective but still calm. I think another reason is their loyal.
they could be a physcologist, medical workers for a job or a teacher. (The presentors said they thought they would like to be those jobs.)
They're category is teacher they want to teach/help their friends.
some of the famous people who are idealists are Barak Obama, Oprah, bill Cosby.

rationals/ :
The like to work on problem solving like a math problem.
They are very strong willed which means they have stron opinions on topics.
They know how to make money and are proud only 5-10 % of the population is rationals.
their symbols are lions,fire and John Lennon.

ESTJ/administrator:
They believe they are always right. this can be difulcult in a group when havinga conversation.
They put forth alot of effort in their assignments.
sometimes they are not in tune with the world.
don't always think of the best interests of others such as their friends.
not good at telling people how they feel.


artisan
artisans are crafters one kid of craft they do is painting.
sometime they will ignore a conflict such as a fight between friends.) instead of solving the issue at hand.
they make up 35-40 percent of t he population. one famous artisanis elvis presley, winston churchill.
they are known for building relationships.

Introverts V.S extroverts
introverts are quiet in a group they wouldn't talk as much they would listen to the others. When in a groups of new people they would not walk right up to a new person and start talking. They are shy. Extroverts are the opposite of introverts. They are chatty and enjoy talking to new people they have never met. In a crowd they would introduce themselves to new people and start chatting. That is the big difference between the two.


How large a part does personality play in who you are? Explain.
personality plays a huge part in who i am. For example, when you think of a personality you think of people you know who have that personality. If a teacher says a certain personality trait such as quiet or enthusiastic; then a student might think of me because they know i am a quiet person; Or because they know i am enthusiastic about writing, reading or just in general. i think That with out a specific personality you aren't you. For example, in a show someone a kid admires a that their friend is funny. So they try to be funny as well but, that's not their strong suit. so, it doesn't work out. The kids who tries to be funny has now lost themselves. This is an example of how a person a tries to change their personality. plus I like my personality and I think t fits me. in other words with out my personality i'm not me. personality makes a person who they are. So it does effect me and who i am in a big way.

In schooling, should students be grouped homogeneously (same personality, backgrounds, skills) or heterogeneously (different personalities, abilities, cultures)? Why?
There are pluses and minuses to having kids being grouped by the same personality type. For the most part they will agree with each other most of the time.(as we did with our project.) The student may be able to stay focused a lot of the time. but, I think it is also a good idea to have students with with kids they haven't worked with/much before. this way they get a chance t meet new kids and share ideas; compare and contrast. A student could learn/ try something they had never learned before. on the other hand as one group said in their power point they like to be right and that can cause arguments. so in conclusion i think that a teacher should do both work with the same personalities and different personalities. i don't have an answer that's one or the other so i'm compromising and saying both.

And you are...

3/23/09
The personality test showed me that I am the kind of person who cares for others. This test refers to that kind of person as a “guardian.” I’m the kind of person who listens to others and gives advice, especially when they have a problem. Guardians are also good mediators. The test indicated that I’m the kind of person who needs to puzzle through situations or to solve problems. I like rules that stay the same and do not change all the time. I am sympathetic to other people’s problems and spring at the chance to help anybody.

The Beauties of a blog

Julia Fusco
3/12/09
The beauties of a blog
Click “Unnh another blog. There’s no use for blogs all they do is give useless opinions on nothing important. Why in the world would I need a blog? There for people who need another piece of technology to go on to is there actually a use"?

Blogs are an online source where a person can post little blurbs on everyone and everything; from what’s fashionable, to songs they like, actors, gossip, what happening with the economy and the president. A person can have numerous blogs. Fore example, here at Constitution high students have a blog for their community service projects and one for all the other teachers that use blogs. This technological apparatus can help people great distances from one another communicate because anyone anywhere can read a blog. Every blog has background to choose from for the backdrop of each page. Are blogs useful? Should they be used in school?

Usually blogs aren’t allowed in schools there are good reasons for this too. Here at C.H.S use of blogs are applauded in classes. Some students like this idea more than others. One of the first reasons for supporting blogs is they are helpful to the environment. “I hate to waste paper and ink,” says miss Klose, the art teacher, also teachers can post work assigned to the students. While the students post works that the teachers assigned to them.

Second reason blogs are good to use in school is class mates can post comments on their friends blogs as critiques; this gives them feedback or ways to make their work better. Lastly teachers have an easier time checking homework nothing gets lost. Occasionally students get extra credit for posting their work on the blog.

Not every student approves using blog in school. Kate Chapman, a tenth grader who is neutral about blogs, says, “It depends on what the teachers want you to post. Everyone could read my work. I don’t mind posting from geometry.” Both Kate Chapman and Alex Haynes have had issues with their blog. “I’ve posted things more then once by accident ” Kate said, “With Mr. Romero I’ve posted a piece and it’s not there. Blog steals stuff from the Internet. With the teachers I give them an extra copy to be on the safe side Said Alex Haynes. Lakisha said, “teachers get more feedback from handing in work” Every one’s heard stories of people posting inappropriate things on the Internet. The first year there was one instance of a student leaving an inappropriate comment on another student's blog. I do have to remind students to only put their first name, to take off identifying photos.” Says Miss Thompson, the technology teacher at C.H.S.

There are ways to fix this problem. Students could email the work to the teachers. Or try to do things online while still giving feedback to the teachers. These are ways to fix some of the complaints of the students. Blogs are useful. A man named Nasim fekrat from Afghanistan is a reporter but he doesn’t report for a newspaper he blogs. So there is a use for blogs. C.H.S could communicate with the sister school on blogger.

Julia Fusco
3/10/09
The Effects of War on the Home front

So unimaginably costly, war takes a toll on everyone. During the civil war, 620,000 people died, but they weren’t the only people effected. Families on the home front were impacted by the war in many ways. Children were used to support the soldiers women were nurses and spies. Families suffered losses when family members were wounded, missing or dead.
Boys were used in a number of ways in the Civil War for example; powder monkey- boys carried ammunition to gun crews. These boys were usually between the age of ten and fifteen years old. They had to be quick and scamper across the ships deck to the cannons. (McPherson, 78)(History Alive 123) Some boys were chosen to be drummers in the war. For example, in one image a woman is crying as a soldier beckons for a boy wearing a suit and a drum on his back. The young boy is being recruited to the war to be a drummer. (Ahlstrom Basker,8) When the boys returned, they were changed from seeing all the horrors. For example, in a second image a drummer boy recently returning home looks sad and serious (Ahlstrom Basker, 43)
Rich men could get out if being drafted by paying a fee or having another man go for them. Poorer men couldn’t buy their way out. Some men who didn’t want to fight protested in “draft riots.” (History Alive 123) (I’m going to add more here like some primary sources.)
Unlike before the war, women had more responsibilities and duties; they had to take care of the plantations. (History Alive) Some women hired others to help with the chores. (Arnold,68) Countless numbers of soldiers were set up in nurse’s station at the home front and the battleground. It was the women’s jobs to help these men. Good health care was scarce at the time. Doctors knew nothing about germs. There were no antibiotics to give the soldiers to make them feel better. Legs, arms and other bones were shattered from Minie -balls. Amputation was the only way to fix the bone. Anesthesia shipments ran out, so to put the soldiers to sleep doctors would use chloroform when operating on them. The craziest way the doctors put the soldiers to sleep was they would try to get them drunk on whiskey. The conditions weren’t very sanitary because the saw the doctor would use for an amputation would still have blood from the previous soldier. (McPherson, 60)
“All though there was much resistance no one could deny that the services of women were needed in hospitals during the civil war, in both the North and the South. This Hospital appears to be rather neat and orderly but hospitals were usually understaffed and ill-equipped to deal with the huge number of casualties the battles produced.”(Zeinert, 42)
Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton were two important nurses during the Civil war. Dorothea Dix was the superintendent of female nurses her main priority was to recruit nurses. (McPherson, 60) Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. She took care of patients near Cedar Mountain. Both soldiers from the North and South came to her. She also traveled with the Union so she could nurse the wounded. One task Barton did was tracking the whereabouts of missing soldiers. (Zeinert, 52)
Women also offered to spy for their side and were constantly reminded they were risking their lives. These women would sneak on to the enemy’s territory. Some got too nervous and couldn’t spy anymore; others were discovered.
“I was highly commended by the commanding general for my coolness [during my escape from confederate pickets] but was told kindly and candidly that I would not be permitted to go out again in that vicinity in the capacity of a spy as I would most assuredly meet with some of those who had seen me… and I would consequently be hung up to the nearest tree.” Said Sarah Emma Edmonds, a union spy, (zeinert, 29)
During the civil war women spies were clever. They hid messages in mysterious locations such as their petticoats, their hairdos, behind the images in their locket/jewelry, even the mail. Some women didn’t need disguise themselves to help their side. Susie King, a slave, earned her freedom in 1862 when confederates left their slaves behind and fled. Elizabeth van Lew was one of the best spies. She was daring and successful at what she did. (Zeinert, 29) Lew was the kind of women who said what she thought. This caused people to ignore her and in this case, being ignored worked to her advantage. She cared for soldier’s health so she took food and medicine to Union soldiers. She asked lots of questions and asked the prisoners what they had over heard from the guards; which she would report back to the generals. An unusual way Lew sent the news to general grant was just sending information through the mail. One of Elizabeth’s slaves would go to Elizabeth’s farm. (To collect produce) Her shoe heel was hollow; she would put messages in the hollow part of the shoe to deliver. No one was suspicious of these doings. (Zeinert, 30-31)
Another spy was Sarah Emma Edmonds who mastered disguises. She enlisted her self in the army as Frank Thompson. Sarah fought on the battlefield, was a nurse, and became a spy; she would disguise herself as a slave so she could slip through the picket lines. (Zeinert, 31- 32) after escaping she noticed the soldier watching her he said,
“I can trust you and will tell you a secret. I am not what I seem but am a female. I enlisted from the purest motives, and have remained undiscovered…. I wish you to bury me with your own hands…” This is quoted by Elizabeth Van Lew.( Zeinert,33) Sarah buried the soldier as requested.
“I learned to handle a musket very well while in the regiment, and could shoo straight and often hit the target. I assisted in cleaning the guns and used to fire them off, to see if the cartridges were dry, before cleaning and reloading, each day. I thought this great fun. I was also able to take a gun all apart, and put it together again.(Zenert,28 civil war memoirs)
Women in the North helped soldiers by making equipment in factories they made: weapons, quilts to sell, uniforms, around 100.000 women and children worked in factories making the equipment. The children who worked in the factories got little pay for their services. Children worked at the factories for long hours. This was because the prices of food and every day items went up quickly but wages didn’t.(Arnold, 34) In the South the home front was very different. The South had hardly any supplies. Houses and farms were torn down. Livestock were killed, buildings were burned down to the ground.(Arnold,35) In the South, prices rose. Family member were lost during the wars. Even people who were not soldiers were being bombed and had to fight for their own life because there was fighting everywhere.Families would hide in the cellars to be safe from the bombing.Here is an excerpt from Carrie Berry . Aug. 14. Sun. Sure enough we had shells in abundance last night. We averaged one every moment during the night. We expected every one would come through and hurt some of us but to our joy nothing on the lot was hurt. They have ben throwing them at us all day to day but they have not ben dangerous. Papa has ben at work all day making the cellar safe. Now we feel like we could stay at home in safety. I dislike to stay in the cellar so close but our soldiers have to stay in ditches. During Shermans march to the sea Sherman terrorized the people living in that area. Ruining everything in the soldiers path. Aug. 23. Tues. We feel very comfortable since we have moved but Mama is fretted to death all the time for fear of fire. There is a fire in town nearly every day. I get so tired of being housed up all the time. The shells get worse and worse every day. O that something would stop them. (Carrie Berry www.American civil war.com) ( I will add a paragraph about families grieving for t heir lost, wounded, or dead family members.)
In conclusion, life was very tough for the women and children on the homefront; having to work long hours in factories, work on the plantations or the house. Without the women helping the wounded many wouldn’t have made it. Even though there were so many that ended up dying, women played a vital role in the war.

The imperfection ofmaturity

Julia Fusco
2/20/09
English
The Imperfections of Maturity

“To be mature is to accept imperfections.” (This saying came from a fortune cookie I ate two weeks ago. This advice is insightful.) Imperfections happen every day, all the time and it is wise for this means people to learn from these mistakes. Multiple lessons make a person mature. There are numerous kinds of maturity. I’ve acquired various types of maturity over my short life.
A touching example of how I matured was at the hospital when I was there with my aunt who was about to give birth. Something went amiss, a moment of imperfection in a perfect birth. There was confusion with the type of anesthesia being used. Everyone freaked out and got uptight; tears were shed. I thought there was going to be a flood of tears but it ended as quickly as it started. I knew I would be there for my aunt’s well being no matter. We were flooded with emotions when baby Cole was born. Receiving emotional maturity from an infant was a memorable experience.
Intellectual maturity can come from imperfections too. Like most people, I became more intellectually mature when transitioning from middle school to high school. When someone has a favorite teacher that they love it can seem impossible to say goodbye. Knowing them for ten years and then just like that goodbye, adios, sayonara. Graduation was a nostalgic day. Knowing it was time to leave, I didn’t want to go. On the other hand, I wanted to bolt out the door away from the people I had been with for ten long up and down years. Having to navigate thorough the city to get to my new high school was challenging. I didn’t know which street was which. Trying to get to the train on a different route, wondering where I was seemed unnerving. Now doing this on my own is a piece of cake. Many books talk about coming of age and goodbyes. In Marigolds, Lizabeth had to say goodbye to her childhood. She was becoming an adolescent. Lizabeth’s father also had to say goodbye to being the one who brought home the money; the one the family looks up to. Lowering a persons self esteem is a huge imperfection to their image.
Another type of maturity is social and to students this means their popularity or social well being. People have imperfections too when they treat others unfairly. Dealing with exclusion and cliques had me distraught. Middle school was the time I was targeted, and I was the bull’s eye. “Guys guess what” Hey guys, you guys Heeello.” that was me in 7th and 8th grade. Sometimes taking me three or more tries to try to say my comment, to the point where I gave up. Having just one friend to hang out with was difficult. I became mature from dealing with girls like that. In Marigolds, lizabeth had a similar experienced she was “kicked” out of her group because originally she didn’t want to throw stones at Miss Lottie’s marigolds. Lizabeth seemed as if she was separated from the younger kids. They were still too young to understand the troubles going on around them.
Bravery was the third way I matured. One exhilarating experience was traveling to Costa Rica, except when our teacher instructed us to go on the sky trek. Petrified was one of the few emotions to describe how I felt being hundreds of feet up in the air, clutching the rope taking baby steps inching along. Classmates of mine skipped across the rope, Amazed I actually made it across the whole sky trek. Unexpectedly, now I realize facing a person’s fears makes a person more adult like.
In conclusion, emotional events can make an individual more grown up. So can realizations, saying goodbye to someone very meaningful or a persons child hood and all the memories and nor wanting to say good-bye. All these events can start with an imperfection.