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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George tell Lennie to do when they are eating by the fire in Chapter 1?
(a) To stand up and leave.
(b) To hide in the ground.
(c) To look around and remember the place they are sitting.
(d) To walk in a circle.

2. Where are George and Lennie going to work in Chapter 1?
(a) At a factory.
(b) On a ranch.
(c) At their uncle's home.
(d) At an office.

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

4. Which man in Chapter 1 is huge and pale?
(a) Curly.
(b) Lennie.
(c) Carlson.
(d) George.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lennie want to get to the ranch that evening in the first chapter?

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

3. What is the river that runs through the story's setting?

4. What do Lennie and George eat by the fire in Chapter 1?

5. What will Lennie do when he lives in a house with George?

(see the answer key)

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