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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. What proves the boss is not a not a laborer?
(a) His ignorance.
(b) The mistakes he makes.
(c) His high heeled boots.
(d) His smooth hands.

2. Who is capable of driving 20 mules with a single line?
(a) Candy.
(b) Curley.
(c) Slim.
(d) George.

3. When did Lennie start traveling with George?
(a) After Lennie asked to travel with him.
(b) After Aunt Clara told him to.
(c) After George asked him to.
(d) After Lennie's Aunt Clara died.

4. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1?
(a) The trees.
(b) The sky.
(c) The water.
(d) The animals.

5. Whose dog stinks?
(a) Candy's.
(b) Curly's.
(c) George's.
(d) Slim's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lennie and George eat by the fire in Chapter 1?

2. Why did George and Lennie have to walk so far?

3. How long does George think that it will take him to raise the money for his and Lennie's place?

4. Who is the boss' son?

5. Curley's wife wears what when she enters the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could Lennie's mental state be described?

2. What happens when Carlson complains about the smell of Candy's dog?

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

4. How does Candy describe the boss at the ranch?

5. Why does the boss become suspicious of George's story as to why he and Lennie are late to start their new jobs?

6. What does George say to Slim in confidence in Chapter 3?

7. What do the men say about Curley's wife?

8. How does George describe the piece of property that he and Lennie are planning to buy someday?

9. Why is Lennie not smart, according to George when he talks to the boss?

10. What does Candy say to them when Lennie and George first arrive at the ranch?

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