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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the river that runs through the story's setting?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Rio Grande.
(c) Salinas.
(d) Colorado.

2. Who does George confide in about what happened in Weed?
(a) Slim.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) The boss.
(d) Candy.

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

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

5. Which man in Chapter 1 is small, dark, and quick?
(a) Slim.
(b) George.
(c) Lennie.
(d) Curly.

6. What is hanging right above the bunks in Chapter 2?
(a) Hooks.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Apple boxes.
(d) The rules.

7. Who used to be a good boxer?
(a) Curley.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Slim.
(d) Candy.

8. What did the previous occupant of George's bed in the bunkhouse keep at his bedside?
(a) A coffee cup.
(b) A rag.
(c) Bug poison.
(d) An iron rod.

9. What does Curley have on his left hand?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A tattoo.
(c) A rubber band.
(d) A glove.

10. Who hopes George and Lennie are placed on his barley bucking team?
(a) Curley.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Slim.
(d) Candy.

11. What does Curley have inside the objective on his left hand?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Vaseline.
(c) Oils.
(d) Nail polish.

12. Who has been playing horseshoes with Crooks in Chapter 3?
(a) Curley.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Candy.
(d) Slim.

13. In Chapter 2, what does George say the driver made them do?
(a) Walk 10 miles.
(b) Pay the driver.
(c) Drive the bus themselves.
(d) End up at the wrong place.

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

15. What is George doing throughout the scene in Chapter 2?
(a) Working.
(b) Singing.
(c) Humming.
(d) Playing solitaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what time is it at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. Whose dog gave birth to nine puppies?

3. Who is mentally disabled?

4. Who wishes he had shot his dog himself?

5. Who fights with Lennie at the end of Chapter 3?

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