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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 does the second image tell Lennie he is?
(a) Smart.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Educated.
(d) A hard worker.

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

3. What does Lennie ask he object(s) he is starting at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) What happened to it.
(b) How strong they are.
(c) What's so special about them.
(d) Why it died.

4. What causes Lennie to grab Curley's wife's hair?
(a) She yells at him.
(b) He loses his mind.
(c) George tells him to.
(d) There's a loud noise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Chapter 6?

2. What does Lennie tell Crooks in Chapter 4?

3. Who says in Chapter 4 that he really doesn't want to work for Candy?

4. In Chapter 5, who/what does Lennie blame for dying?

5. Why does Lennie go to Crooks' room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Curley's wife.

2. Why does Crooks live in a separate space than the rest of the men?

3. Where does Crooks, the black ranch hand, live on the ranch?

4. What was Crooks doing in the beginning of Chapter 4, before Lennie entered, and then again at the end of the chapter when he is alone again?

5. What does Lennie do after he comes out of the brush from hiding, after his confrontation with Curley's Wife?

6. What happens when Curley's wife offers to let Lennie stroke her soft hair?

7. Has George ever been mad at Lennie, according to George's words?

8. What does George ask of Curley after they have discovered what has happened?

9. What does George pull out of his pocket in Chapter 6, while sitting with Lennie?

10. What does Lennie do after his confrontation with Curley's wife?

(see the answer keys)

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