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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who walks out of the brush in Chapter 6 and asks Lennie why he is yelling?
(a) Curley.
(b) Slim.
(c) Candy.
(d) George.

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

5. What does Curley's wife say in Chapter 5 that she had wanted to do for a profession?
(a) Become a ranch owner.
(b) Become a wife.
(c) Become an actress.
(d) Become a princess.

6. What does Lennie do as George talks to him near the river in Chapter 6?
(a) Giggle with happiness.
(b) Complain.
(c) Cry about his bad deeds.
(d) Ignores him.

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

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

9. Where is someone shot Chapter 6?
(a) In the face.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the stomach.
(d) In the back of the head.

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

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) Because he said he would.
(d) So George can't find out.

12. As two individuals watch George being led away at the end of the book, what are they wondering?
(a) What he is going to do with Lennie's body
(b) Where he is going.
(c) Where he is going to work now.
(d) Why he and Slim are so upset.

13. Who watches George and the individual leading him away at the end of the book?
(a) Slim and Curley.
(b) Curley and Candy.
(c) Curley and Carlson.
(d) Slim and Candy.

14. Who takes George away at the end of the book?
(a) Whit.
(b) Candy.
(c) Slim.
(d) Curley.

15. What does George do after assuring Lennie of something in Chapter 6?
(a) Shoots Curley.
(b) Shoots himself.
(c) Shoots Lennie.
(d) Shoots Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lennie interrupt Curley's wife in Chapter 5 to talk about?

2. What happens to Curley's wife in Chapter 5?

3. What does George tell Lennie to do in Chapter 6?

4. What does Curley's wife want Lennie to touch in Chapter 5?

5. Why does Lennie go to Crooks' room?

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