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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is referred to as 'jail bait all set on the trigger'?
(a) Clara.
(b) Susy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Curley's wife.

2. Whose dog is the one that smells?
(a) Slim's.
(b) The boss'
(c) Candy's.
(d) Carlson's.

3. How many bunks are inside the bunkhouse?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

4. What does Curley want to know from George in Chapter 2?
(a) What does he do for a living.
(b) What he knows about ranching.
(c) Why he talks for Lennie.
(d) Where he can get a new glove.

5. What is George doing throughout the scene in Chapter 2?
(a) Humming.
(b) Working.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing solitaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Curley hate big men?

2. What is the river that runs through the story's setting?

3. How does Candy describe the boss?

4. Who used to sleep in George's bed in the bunkhouse?

5. In Chapter 2, what does George say the driver made them do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disturbs George when he looks at his bed's box shelf?

2. What does the boss look like?

3. Who has been playing cards with Crooks, the old black ranch hand?

4. Where did Lennie and George work before this new job in Chapter 1?

5. What happened at the ranch in Weed while George and Lennie worked there?

6. What does Lennie have in his pocket in Chapter 1?

7. What does George explain to Lennie as they are walking in the beginning of the book? What are they doing?

8. What does the ranch's bunkhouse look like?

9. What does Lennie do when he brings the puppy back to the bunkhouse? What does George do?

10. What happened when George tried to impress a bunch of men once in the past by making Lennie do something?

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