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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are George and Lennie going to work in Chapter 1?
(a) At a factory.
(b) At their uncle's home.
(c) At an office.
(d) On a ranch.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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 Lennie scared a girl.
(c) Because they robbed a bank.
(d) Because George stole something.

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

8. What is Lennie holding as he walks in Chapter 1?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A game.
(c) A magazine.
(d) Money.

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

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

11. 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.

12. Where does Lennie say he should live?
(a) In Weed.
(b) In the hills by himself.
(c) In the city.
(d) Away from the ranch.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Curley think is having an affair with his wife?

2. In Chapter 2, why has Curley been worse in the last few weeks?

3. What did the boss buy everyone at the ranch for Christmas?

4. Whose dog gave birth to nine puppies?

5. What did George do to make Lennie let go of a woman he was holding?

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