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A Cheesy Quiz Part One

"I Am the Cheese" was Robert Cormier's second book, and its three-way plot changed the face of young adult literature. How well do you know this fascinating book?

A multiple-choice quiz by shs05. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shs05

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
304,319

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
138

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "I Am the Cheese" opens with a boy riding his bike alone along a state route road. What is this boy's name? Hint

Adam

Anthony

Arnold

Harry

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why does the boy undertake this bike journey? Hint

He is running away

His mother asked him to go

His car had a flat tire

To visit his father

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Question 3 of 10

3. What has the boy wrapped up in the package? Hint

some extra clothes

a salami

his favorite stuffed animal

a book

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Question 4 of 10

4. The boy stops at a small cafe to eat a meal. What does he order? Hint

clam chowder

a turkey sandwich

hamburger and fries

a bowl of chili

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Question 5 of 10

5. While eating at the cafe, the boy is interrupted by a bunch of locals looking for kicks. They decide to harass the boy. What is the leader's name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The boy rides his bike all the way to his destination.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. During his journey, who does the boy keep trying to call? Hint

his girlfriend

his mother

the hospital

the school

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Question 8 of 10

8. What song does the boy keep singing to himself as he travels on his bike?

Answer: (four words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does the boy discover about the motel he had hoped to stay in? Hint

It has been closed down for years

It has become a Motel 6

It has burned down

It never existed

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Question 10 of 10

10. The boy reaches the hospital, but does he find his father there?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I Am the Cheese" opens with a boy riding his bike alone along a state route road. What is this boy's name?

Answer: Adam

The novel opens with a first person narrative of a teen boy named Adam who has decided to visit his father.

2. Why does the boy undertake this bike journey?

Answer: To visit his father

Adam wants to visit his father who is staying in a hospital, a couple of towns away. He rides his father's old bike, wearing his father's old hat and coat.

3. What has the boy wrapped up in the package?

Answer: his favorite stuffed animal

Adam brings along his childhood stuffed animal, Pokey, as a gift for his father.

4. The boy stops at a small cafe to eat a meal. What does he order?

Answer: clam chowder

Adam decides upon a bowl of clam chowder, and dislikes that the counter guy has placed a pat of butter into his soup. Adam is too polite to say anything about the butter.

5. While eating at the cafe, the boy is interrupted by a bunch of locals looking for kicks. They decide to harass the boy. What is the leader's name?

Answer: Whipper

Whipper is one of those bullies who is bored and finds targeting Adam to be a source of entertainment. He and his friends later run Adam off the road and although he is shaken, Adam is not seriously hurt.

6. The boy rides his bike all the way to his destination.

Answer: False

After being run off the road, Adam finds himself in a ditch bruised and sore. An elderly couple come and give him a ride to the next town.

7. During his journey, who does the boy keep trying to call?

Answer: his girlfriend

Adam continually tries to call his friend Amy. Either the phone keeps ringing or a stranger answers it saying Amy doesn't live at that address.

8. What song does the boy keep singing to himself as he travels on his bike?

Answer: The Farmer in the Dell

Adam's last name is Farmer and so it was a family joke that "The Farmer in the Dell" was their own song. The book's title "I Am the Cheese" refers to the last line of the song, how the cheese stands alone. By the book's end Adam realizes he is the cheese, because he is all alone.

9. What does the boy discover about the motel he had hoped to stay in?

Answer: It has been closed down for years

Adam keeps coming up on mysteries on his trip, like being told Amy doesn't live at the number he keeps trying to reach, and lastly that the motel he and his parents stayed at not too long ago, has actually been closed down for years.

10. The boy reaches the hospital, but does he find his father there?

Answer: no

This is the most amazing twist in the novel. The bike trip has been mostly created through Adam's imagination. He is the actual patient in the hospital and the trip is riding his bike around on the hospital grounds. His family was part of the witness protection program and his mother has been killed by enemy agents. His father's whereabouts are unknown. And for the last three years Adam has been a patient at a private hospital where he has undergone questioning about his past, specifically about his father's knowledge in the case in which he testified.

Look for A Cheesy Quiz: Part Two, where more of the novel is explored.

Source: Author shs05

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