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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose gun does George have in Chapter 6?
(a) Curley's.
(b) Candy's.
(c) Carlson's.
(d) His own.

2. What does Lennie interrupt Curley's wife in Chapter 5 to talk about?
(a) Slim.
(b) Weed.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) George.

3. Why are Lennie and George different than other guys, according to George?
(a) They have someone with whom to travel.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) They like to eat beans.

4. What does George tell Lennie to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To look across the river and take off his hat.
(b) To walk to the other side of the river.
(c) To explain what has happened.
(d) To leave.

5. Who wants to kill Lennie?
(a) Candy.
(b) Carlson.
(c) The boss.
(d) Curley.

6. Where is the individual who takes George away at the end of the book taking George?
(a) To a new ranch.
(b) To get a drink.
(c) To a whorehouse.
(d) Back to the bunkhouse.

7. Who yells at Curley for talking about George and Lennie's plan?
(a) Lennie.
(b) George.
(c) Carlson.
(d) Slim.

8. What does Crooks hate about being on the ranch?
(a) No one gives him a raise.
(b) He has too much work to do.
(c) No one knows his name.
(d) No one listens to him.

9. What does Lennie pick up before he runs away from the barn in Chapter 5?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Curley's wife's scarf.
(c) A gun.
(d) A dead puppy.

10. What do George and the other men decide to do with Lennie after his confrontation with Curley's wife?
(a) To lynch him.
(b) To give him a puppy.
(c) To have him locked up.
(d) To give him a dress.

11. What is Curley's wife wearing when she enters the barn in Chapter 5?
(a) A red dress.
(b) A bright dress and makeup.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Overalls.

12. Who enters the room and compliments Crooks on its appearance in Chapter 4?
(a) Whit.
(b) Slim.
(c) George.
(d) Candy.

13. What does George say in his lie?
(a) That the boss was the one to suggest shooting Lennie.
(b) That Lennie had Carlson's gun first.
(c) That Lennie shot himself.
(d) That Curley actually shot Lennie.

14. Why does Crooks live where he does?
(a) Because he wants a cleaner room.
(b) Because he smells.
(c) Because he is black.
(d) Because he paid for his room.

15. What does George lie about at the end of the book?
(a) Where they will go next.
(b) Who shot Lennie.
(c) Who had Carlson's gun.
(d) Who killed Curley's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?

2. What does the second image tell Lennie he is?

3. Of what is Lennie afraid in Chapter 6?

4. How, according to Curley's wife, did a specific individual sabotage her success at her desired profession?

5. What does George assure Lennie in Chapter 6?

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