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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Lennie afraid in Chapter 6?
(a) That he won't have enough money.
(b) That George is going to be angry.
(c) That he's lost.
(d) That he won't ever see Curley's wife again.

2. Who is said to look 'simple and pretty now' in Chapter 5?
(a) Clara.
(b) Susy.
(c) Curley's wife.
(d) Lennie.

3. What does Curley's wife tell Lennie in Chapter 4?
(a) She is glad he beat up Curley.
(b) She wants to meet him later.
(c) She wants him to run away.
(d) She thinks he's attractive.

4. What is the setting for Chapter 6?
(a) Next to the Salinas River.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Willits, California.
(d) Weed, California.

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

6. How, according to Curley's wife, did a specific individual sabotage her success at her desired profession?
(a) By beating her.
(b) By steeling a letter from a man in the industry.
(c) By leave her.
(d) By Ground her.

7. Where does Lennie decide to go after his confrontation with Curley's wife?
(a) To try to revive her.
(b) To tell Curley.
(c) To hide in the brush.
(d) To admit to the mistake.

8. 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 leave.
(d) To explain what has happened.

9. What does the first image Lennie saw in Chapter 6 think will happen if Lennie gets rabbits?
(a) He will forget their names.
(b) He will forget to feed them.
(c) He will have too many.
(d) He will forget to work.

10. What does Lennie tell Curley's wife happened to the object(s) Lennie had been staring at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) He accidentally smacked it.
(b) He is not to blame.
(c) He doesn't know where they went.
(d) He has no idea.

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

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

13. At the end of the book, where does George tell Lennie they are going?
(a) Back to the ranch.
(b) To another ranch.
(c) To a place where everyone will be nice to them.
(d) Over the river.

14. Who is sitting in his room at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Candy.
(c) Crooks.
(d) Whit.

15. Why does Lennie go to Crooks' room?
(a) He got invited.
(b) He saw the light on.
(c) He got lost.
(d) George told him to.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does George assure Lennie in Chapter 6?

3. When Lennie apologizes to the first image, what does he say he tried to do?

4. Who walks in to talk with Crooks in Chapter 4?

5. Who begins organizing a search to find Lennie?

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