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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lennie ask George while they are eating near their fire in Chapter 1?
(a) How far away their home is.
(b) What his last name is.
(c) Who Crooks is.
(d) Whether there will be different colors of rabbits.

2. At the end of Chapter 1, what does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble?
(a) To shoot himself.
(b) To beat up the boss.
(c) To tell George.
(d) To run to this place and hide in the brush.

3. Who is called a 'tart'?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Candy.
(c) Curley's wife.
(d) Anne.

4. What is hanging right above the bunks in Chapter 2?
(a) Apple boxes.
(b) Hooks.
(c) Pictures.
(d) The rules.

5. How does Candy describe the boss?
(a) A nice man, but he has a temper.
(b) An absent boss.
(c) A drunk.
(d) Inexperienced.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lennie scare a girl in the last town he worked in prior to the beginning of the book?

2. Who is the old man in the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?

3. What is George carrying for Lennie in Chapter 1?

4. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1?

5. Whose dog gave birth to nine puppies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Lennie and George work before this new job in Chapter 1?

2. What does Slim say about Lennie when they return to the bunkhouse in Chapter 3?

3. What does George explain to Lennie as they are walking in the beginning of the book? What are they doing?

4. What does George say in response to the boss' suspicion about why he answers for Lennie?

5. Describe the character of George in the first scene of the novel.

6. How does George describe the piece of property that he and Lennie are planning to buy someday?

7. What does Lennie have in his pocket in Chapter 1?

8. How does George respond when the boss asks them why they were late getting to their job in Chapter 2?

9. How does Candy describe the boss at the ranch?

10. As Lennie and George are walking along as the book begnins, what does George complain about?

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