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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Curley's wife ask Lennie if he has ever touched?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Silk.
(c) Lace.
(d) Cotton.

5. 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 is not to blame.
(b) He doesn't know where they went.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) He accidentally smacked it.

6. What happens to Curley's wife in Chapter 5?
(a) Lennie breaks her neck.
(b) Curley's wife calls Lennie a fool.
(c) Curley's wife slaps Lennie
(d) She screams and runs away.

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

8. What does Curley's wife call the men in Crooks' room?
(a) Bindle bums.
(b) Lazy bums.
(c) Sexy hunks.
(d) Silly goats.

9. What causes Lennie to panic around Curley's wife in Chapter 5?
(a) Curley knocks on the door.
(b) She screams.
(c) George yells at him.
(d) Slim walks in.

10. To whom does George lie in Chapter 6?
(a) Curley.
(b) Candy.
(c) Slim.
(d) Carlson.

11. Why does Lennie need to hide the objective he's been staring at in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Because he is ashamed.
(b) Because he likes to hide things.
(c) So George can't find out.
(d) Because he said he would.

12. Who walks out of the brush in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Curley.
(b) Lennie.
(c) Candy.
(d) Slim.

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

14. Of what is Lennie afraid?
(a) That Candy will kill him.
(b) That the boss will fire him.
(c) That he will never be able to tend to rabbits.
(d) That Curley's wife will find out.

15. What did Crooks' father once own?
(a) A farm.
(b) An oil field.
(c) A chicken ranch.
(d) A plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Lennie to grab Curley's wife's hair?

2. Why do the other men run into the clearing in Chapter 6?

3. What does Lennie pick up before he runs away from the barn in Chapter 5?

4. To whom did George forbid Lennie to talk to?

5. Whose gun does George have in Chapter 6?

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