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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) Whether there will be different colors of rabbits.
(c) Who Crooks is.
(d) What his last name is.

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

3. When did Lennie start traveling with George?
(a) After Aunt Clara told him to.
(b) After Lennie's Aunt Clara died.
(c) After Lennie asked to travel with him.
(d) After George asked him to.

4. Why does Lennie want to get to the ranch that evening in the first chapter?
(a) To meet his boss.
(b) To eat.
(c) To get cleaned up.
(d) To sleep.

5. Where did George and Lennie hide when they left Weed?
(a) In an old barn.
(b) In the river.
(c) In an irrigation ditch.
(d) In a cave.

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

7. Curley's wife wears what when she enters the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?
(a) A lot of makeup and red fingernails.
(b) A pair of boots.
(c) A negligee.
(d) A wool coat.

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

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

10. Who used to sleep in George's bed in the bunkhouse?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An actor.
(d) An animal lover.

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

12. Who does Curley think is having an affair with his wife?
(a) Slim.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Lennie.
(d) George.

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

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

15. How long does George think that it will take him to raise the money for his and Lennie's place?
(a) Another month.
(b) Too long.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Lennie and George have to hide after Lennie scared a girl?

3. What does George tell Lennie he is glad of in Chapter 2?

4. What does Chapter 2 start off describing?

5. Which man in Chapter 1 is huge and pale?

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