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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. Why does George want to wait until the morning to get to the ranch in Chapter 1?
(a) So it's not as hot.
(b) So they can see a friend first.
(c) So they can see where they're going.
(d) So he can rest.

2. Curley's wife wears what when she enters the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?
(a) A wool coat.
(b) A negligee.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) A lot of makeup and red fingernails.

3. Who does George confide in about what happened in Weed?
(a) The boss.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) Candy.
(d) Slim.

4. Who fights with Lennie at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Whit.
(b) Slim.
(c) Curley.
(d) George.

5. What did George do to make Lennie let go of a woman he was holding?
(a) Told their boss.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Hit him over the head with a fence picket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1?

2. Who told Lennie not to pet the puppies too much?

3. What mountains are visible in the area in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Lennie and George have to hide after Lennie scared a girl?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who has been playing cards with Crooks, the old black ranch hand?

2. What happened when George tried to impress a bunch of men once in the past by making Lennie do something?

3. What does the ranch's bunkhouse look like?

4. Why is Lennie not smart, according to George when he talks to the boss?

5. Why don't George and Lennie go to the ranch the first night?

6. What do the men say about Curley's wife?

7. Describe the area of Soledad, California.

8. What happens when Slim comments on the relationship between George and Lennie?

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

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

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