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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 insults Lennie, Crooks, and Candy in Chapter 4?
(a) Slim.
(b) Whit.
(c) Curley.
(d) Curley's wife.

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

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

4. What is the second thing Lennie imagines he sees in Chapter 6?
(a) George.
(b) Aunt Clara.
(c) Candy.
(d) A rabbit.

5. What did Curley's wife ask Lennie if he has ever touched?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Silk.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Lace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lennie first imagine he sees in Chapter 6?

2. What does Crooks hate about being on the ranch?

3. What is Curley's wife wearing when she enters the barn in Chapter 5?

4. Who begins organizing a search to find Lennie?

5. What does Lennie tell Crooks in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lennie cries out George's name while hiding in the brush in Chapter 6. What is George's response?

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

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

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

5. What does Crooks talk about when Lennie continues to bring up the rabbits in Chapter 4?

6. 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?

7. What does George think the men should do about Lennie, after they discover what he did to Curley's wife?

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

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

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

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