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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of the story?
(a) Santa Diaz, California.
(b) San Diego, California.
(c) Weed, Arizona.
(d) Salinas, California.

2. Why did Lennie and George get run out of the last town they worked in prior to Chapter 1?
(a) Because they needed new work.
(b) Because George stole something.
(c) Because they robbed a bank.
(d) Because Lennie scared a girl.

3. What did Crooks' father once own?
(a) A farm.
(b) An oil field.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A chicken ranch.

4. What is Lennie sitting in the barn looking at when Chapter 5 begins?
(a) His hands.
(b) His boots.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A dead puppy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lennie carry in his pocket?

2. In Chapter 2, what does George say he will find out?

3. At the end of Chapter 1, what does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble?

4. What happened to Lennie when he did jumped into a river once?

5. What is Curley's wife wearing when she enters the barn in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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