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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does George take away what Lennie is holding in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he wants to hold it.
(b) Because he thinks it's still alive.
(c) Because it's not clean.
(d) Because he hates Lennie.

2. What happened to Lennie when he did jumped into a river once?
(a) He swam away.
(b) He found treasure.
(c) He nearly drowned.
(d) He got bitten by a shark.

3. Who is the boss' son?
(a) Curley.
(b) Candy.
(c) Carlson.
(d) Lennie.

4. Why did Aunt Clara stop giving Lennie mice?
(a) Because she got sick.
(b) Because he kept killing them.
(c) Because she died.
(d) Because she ran out.

5. Who is mentally disabled?
(a) Weed.
(b) Carlson.
(c) George.
(d) Lennie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George tell Lennie not to do with the boss?

2. What does George tell Lennie to do when they are eating by the fire in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who invites George to the whorehouse?

5. What is the setting of the story?

(see the answer key)

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