It's time to play

This is a Quiz about the short story Mrs Bixby and the Coronel’s Coat. I would use this activity as a post-treatment activity. Fist, the short story is read together in class and then I organize the class into groups of three or four students. When the class is divided into groups the game begins.

Each group starts the game with a set amount of money which will fluctuate throughout the game according to the group's knowledge. If they answer a question correctly money will be added, but if they answer incorrectly money will be deducted. I think that the use of games in the classroom makes learning fun and motivates students to participate more so than they would in ordinary lessons. Students like learning through play.

Quiz

            

                    Mrs Bixby had

1.  met the Colonel once a month.
2.  was married to a wealthy dentist.
3. an aunt who lived in Baltimore.

                  

                     

                  The Colonel

1. in an attractive house in the centre of Baltimore.
2. sometimes went to New York to visit Mrs Bixby.
3. was fond of riding and hunting.

                 

                 Which is not true?. When Mrs Bixby saw the large, flat box, she thought it might contain

1. underwear.
2. a dress.
3. a mink coat.

                The Colonet gave Mrs Bixby a mink coat as

1. a parting present.
2. a Christmas present.
3. a birthday present.

                If Mrs Bixby told her husband that Aunt Maude had given her the coat, her husband would

1. start asking questions.
2. want to thank her aunt.
3. ask her to sell the coat.

 

              Which is true?

1. Mrs Bixby didn't want to put her name and address on the ticket
2. Mrs Bixby told the pawnbroker her handbad had been stolen.
3. The pawnbroker didn't want to lend Mrs Bixby any money.

              Mrs Bixby arrived home later than usual because

1. she had been to a pawnbroker.
2. she coudn't find a taxi.
3. her train was delayed.

              Mrs Bixby refused to go to claim the ticket with her husband because

1. she didn't want to be seen going to a pawnbroker.
2. she didn't want to be greeted like an old customer by the pawnbroker.
3. she wanted to have a surprise.

              When she saw the little fur neckpiece hanging from her husband's hand, she thought

1. her husband was pulling her leg.
2.  the pawnbroker had cheated her husband.
3. she was dreaming.

             As Miss Pulteney went past her wearing the beautiful black mink coat, Mrs Bixby realized

1. the secretary had stolen the pawn ticket.
2. her husband was having an affair with his secretary.
3. the Colonel had given Miss Pulteney a mink coat as well.