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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is Crooks at the ranch?
(a) He is a permanent worker.
(b) He is a migrant worker.
(c) He comes in once a month.
(d) He works just a day or two a week.

2. What is Lennie sitting in the barn looking at when Chapter 5 begins?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A dead puppy.
(c) His boots.
(d) His hands.

3. What does Lennie ask he object(s) he is starting at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) What happened to it.
(b) How strong they are.
(c) Why it died.
(d) What's so special about them.

4. Where does Lennie hide the objective he is staring at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) In the hay.
(b) In the bunk.
(c) In the house.
(d) In his pockets.

5. Why is Crooks excited to have Lennie in his room?
(a) He never gets to talk to anyone.
(b) He wants to talk about George.
(c) He likes Lennie.
(d) He thinks Lennie is smarter than he looks.

6. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?
(a) Have him strung from a tree.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Flirt with him.
(d) Kiss him.

7. To whom did George forbid Lennie to talk to?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) Curley.
(d) Whit.

8. Who does Crooks try to get out of his room in Chapter 4?
(a) Lennie.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) Candy.
(d) George.

9. With whom does Curley's wife try to flirt in Chapter 4?
(a) Curley.
(b) Candy.
(c) The boss.
(d) Lennie.

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

11. Who does Curley's wife accuse of sabotaging her from attaining her desired profession?
(a) Slim.
(b) Curley.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her mother.

12. What does Crooks do when Candy comes into his room at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Ignores him.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Gives him tea.
(d) Pretends to be angry.

13. Why did Curley's wife say she married Curley?
(a) For his soft hands.
(b) For his money.
(c) For a fresh start.
(d) To get out of her mother's house.

14. What is the second thing Lennie imagines he sees in Chapter 6?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) Aunt Clara.
(c) George.
(d) Candy.

15. Who says in Chapter 4 that he really doesn't want to work for Candy?
(a) Whit.
(b) Crooks.
(c) Slim.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Crooks live where he does?

2. What does Lennie first imagine he sees in Chapter 6?

3. What does Crooks continue to criticize in Chapter 4?

4. What does Lennie do as George talks to him near the river in Chapter 6?

5. Where is someone shot Chapter 6?

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