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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George tell Lennie he is glad of in Chapter 2?
(a) They're at the ranch.
(b) They're alone.
(c) They're brothers.
(d) They're not cousins.

2. In Chapter 2, what does George say he will find out?
(a) If they can get a raise.
(b) If they can leave the ranch.
(c) If Lennie can have one of the puppies.
(d) If they can afford the new house.

3. What does George tell Lennie not to do with the boss?
(a) Dance.
(b) Speak.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Sing.

4. 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 look around and remember the place they are sitting.
(c) To hide in the ground.
(d) To walk in a circle.

5. Who fights with Lennie at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Curley.
(b) Slim.
(c) George.
(d) Whit.

6. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1?
(a) Weed.
(b) Waco.
(c) Willits.
(d) Waterford.

7. What did George and Lennie do as soon as it was dark on the day Lennie scared a woman?
(a) Turned themselves in .
(b) Went back to get their things.
(c) Ran out of town.
(d) Called the police.

8. 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.

9. Why does Curley hate big men?
(a) Because he is big, too.
(b) Because he had a bad experience.
(c) Because he is small.
(d) He doesn't.

10. Who assures Lennie he can build hutches for rabbits?
(a) Carlson.
(b) George.
(c) Candy.
(d) Curley.

11. Who told Lennie not to pet the puppies too much?
(a) Whit.
(b) Curly.
(c) Slim.
(d) Candy.

12. How does Candy describe the boss?
(a) An absent boss.
(b) Inexperienced.
(c) A nice man, but he has a temper.
(d) A drunk.

13. What happened in Weed?
(a) Lennie killed a dog.
(b) Lennie wanted to touch the red dress of a woman.
(c) George hurt another worker.
(d) Nothing.

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

15. How many bunks are inside the bunkhouse?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Curley have inside the objective on his left hand?

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

3. Who hopes George and Lennie are placed on his barley bucking team?

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

5. Who is capable of driving 20 mules with a single line?

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