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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much work can Lennie generally accomplish?
(a) Half as much as anyone else.
(b) More than two men.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Depends on the job.

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

3. How did Lennie scare a girl in the last town he worked in prior to the beginning of the book?
(a) By killing her.
(b) By screaming at her.
(c) By stalking her.
(d) By holding on to her dress.

4. What is the setting of the story?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Weed, Arizona.
(c) Salinas, California.
(d) Santa Diaz, California.

5. Who kills the dog that stinks?
(a) Curley.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Candy.
(d) Slim.

6. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1?
(a) The water.
(b) The sky.
(c) The trees.
(d) The animals.

7. For how much does George think he can buy a place?
(a) $100.
(b) $20.
(c) $600.
(d) $750.

8. 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 not cousins.
(d) They're brothers.

9. Who is called a 'tart'?
(a) Candy.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Anne.
(d) Curley's wife.

10. Whose dog gave birth to nine puppies?
(a) Curley.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Slim.
(d) Candy.

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

12. What does Curley want to know from George in Chapter 2?
(a) What he knows about ranching.
(b) What does he do for a living.
(c) Where he can get a new glove.
(d) Why he talks for Lennie.

13. Who is capable of driving 20 mules with a single line?
(a) Candy.
(b) Curley.
(c) Slim.
(d) George.

14. Who is a stocky man who wears blue jeans and a flannel shirt?
(a) Lennie.
(b) Carlson.
(c) The boss.
(d) George.

15. Who wishes he had shot his dog himself?
(a) Whit.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Slim.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is George doing throughout the scene in Chapter 2?

2. Who does George confide in about what happened in Weed?

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

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

5. At the end of Chapter 1, what does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble?

(see the answer keys)

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