Quiz Yourself: I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier
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1) Why is the book titled I Am The Cheese?
(a) Adam and Amy created a “Number” that was code-named “The
Cheese”
(b) Adam represents the cheese in the song “The Farmer in the Dell”
(c) Adam was proud of himself for biking all the way to see his father
and thought of himself as the “Big Cheese”
2) What are the “Never Knows”?
(a) A band Adam listens to often
(b) Adam’s mother’s favorite television show
(c) The paranoia Adam’s mother feels about their situation
3) What are “Numbers”?
(a) Tricks Adam and Amy play
(b) Adam’s social security numbers
(c) The name of the prank phone calls Adam and Amy make
4) Why does Adam’s mother only use the telephone on Thursdays?
(a) Every Thursday Adam’s family orders take out
(b) Adam’s father is very controlling of his wife and the phone
line
(c) Adam’s mother talks to her sister on this day
5) How did the Delmontes “die”?
(a) They were murdered
(b) In a plane crash
(c) In a car crash
6) Why do “Grey Man” and Adam’s father always go into
the basement when “Grey Man” comes over?
(a) To play poker
(b) Because it is sound proof
(c) To get away from Adam's mother
7) Why does Adam worry about his mother?
(a) She is afraid to leave the house
(b) She is very sick and needs to be taken care of
(c) Her job is unstable and she may lose it at any time
8) What did Adam’s father do for a living before he and his family
moved?
(a) He was a lawyer
(b) He was a journalist
(c) He was an insurance salesman
9) What role does Amy play in Adam’s life?
(a) She is a friend of Adam’s
(b) She is Adam’s social worker
(c) Amy is Adam’s little sister
10) Who does Grey work for?
(a) The Farmer family
(b) The local newspaper company
(c) The government
~Essay questions~
1.) What did Anthony Delmonte’s choice, to take
a new identity, cost him?
2.) What is the significance of the “Numbers” that Adam and
Amy play on people in the story?