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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lennie ask George while they are eating near their fire in Chapter 1?
(a) How far away their home is.
(b) What his last name is.
(c) Who Crooks is.
(d) Whether there will be different colors of rabbits.

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

3. What is George carrying for Lennie in Chapter 1?
(a) A rat.
(b) A puppy.
(c) His work card.
(d) A bottle of water.

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

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

6. What did the boss buy everyone at the ranch for Christmas?
(a) A new set of coveralls.
(b) A gift.
(c) A new pair of boots.
(d) An entire gallon of whiskey.

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

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

9. What does George tell Lennie to do when they are eating by the fire in Chapter 1?
(a) To hide in the ground.
(b) To stand up and leave.
(c) To walk in a circle.
(d) To look around and remember the place they are sitting.

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

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

12. Where did Lennie and George have to hide after Lennie scared a girl?
(a) They didn't hide.
(b) In a bush.
(c) In a bathroom.
(d) In an irrigation ditch.

13. At the end of Chapter 1, what does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble?
(a) To run to this place and hide in the brush.
(b) To tell George.
(c) To shoot himself.
(d) To beat up the boss.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a stocky man who wears blue jeans and a flannel shirt?

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

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

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

5. What does Curley want to know from George in Chapter 2?

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