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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. How, according to Curley's wife, did a specific individual sabotage her success at her desired profession?
(a) By steeling a letter from a man in the industry.
(b) By leave her.
(c) By Ground her.
(d) By beating her.

2. Who wants to kill Lennie?
(a) Carlson.
(b) The boss.
(c) Curley.
(d) Candy.

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

4. What causes Lennie to panic around Curley's wife in Chapter 5?
(a) She screams.
(b) Slim walks in.
(c) Curley knocks on the door.
(d) George yells at him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lennie tell Curley's wife happened to the object(s) Lennie had been staring at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Who tells George, "Never you mind. A guy got to sometimes"?

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

4. What does Lennie ask George in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Crooks live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What story does Lennie make George repeat to him while they sit together in the brush in the final chapter?

5. Who does Curley's wife insult when she walks into Crooks' room?

6. What does the rabbit image say to Lennie in Chapter 6?

7. What happens when Lennie realizes that George will figure it out that Lennie has killed the puppy?

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

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

10. What happens when Lennie comes to visit Crooks in Chapter 4?

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