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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Crooks say about migrant workers who want to own a ranch?
(a) It never happens.
(b) It always happens.
(c) It's a silly dream.
(d) It is boring to hear about.

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

5. Candy says that they should do what with Lennie?
(a) Let him run away.
(b) Get Curley to fight him.
(c) Tell the boss.
(d) Shoot him.

6. What does Lennie do at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Eat a meal.
(b) Shoot himself.
(c) Kneel down by the water to drink.
(d) Finds a can of beans.

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

8. 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.

9. What does George assure Lennie in Chapter 6?
(a) That he is upset with him.
(b) That he is going to leave him.
(c) That he has never been mad at him.
(d) That he is going to shoot him.

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

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

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

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

14. Who is the first to see what has happened, regarding the shooting at the end of the book?
(a) Curley.
(b) Candy.
(c) Whit.
(d) Slim.

15. Why does Lennie get upset with Crooks in Chapter 4?
(a) He teases that George will not come back.
(b) He tricks him.
(c) He doesn't give him a puppy.
(d) He punches him.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does George lie in Chapter 6?

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

3. What did Curley's wife ask Lennie if he has ever touched?

4. Who yells at Curley for talking about George and Lennie's plan?

5. As two individuals watch George being led away at the end of the book, what are they wondering?

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