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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who returns to the bunkhouse at dusk in Chapter 3?
(a) Lennie and Candy.
(b) Lennie and George.
(c) Candy.
(d) Slim and George.

2. What does Slim call Lennie in Chapter 3?
(a) Cuckoo.
(b) Kind.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Silly.

3. About what time is it at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) noon
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 8 am.

4. What does George warn Lennie will make him sick?
(a) The water.
(b) The food.
(c) The weather.
(d) The sun.

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

2. Who is mentally disabled?

3. In Chapter 2, what does George say the driver made them do?

4. What is the setting of the story?

5. Curley's wife wears what when she enters the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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