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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting in his room at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Crooks.
(c) Whit.
(d) Candy.

2. What does Lennie carry in his pocket?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) A dead mouse.
(d) Money.

3. What does Chapter 2 start off describing?
(a) George.
(b) Weed.
(c) Lennie.
(d) The ranch's bunkhouse.

4. What does George promise to get Lennie in Chapter 1?
(a) A book.
(b) A house.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A puppy.

5. Where does Lennie hide the objective he is staring at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) In his pockets.
(b) In the bunk.
(c) In the hay.
(d) In the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did George and Lennie do as soon as it was dark on the day Lennie scared a woman?

3. Why did Curley's wife say she married Curley?

4. Who is referred to as 'jail bait all set on the trigger'?

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

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