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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 Crooks continue to criticize in Chapter 4?
(a) George and Lennie's plan.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) The ranch hands.
(d) Racism.

2. What do George and the other men decide to do with Lennie after his confrontation with Curley's wife?
(a) To lynch him.
(b) To give him a dress.
(c) To give him a puppy.
(d) To have him locked up.

3. What is Crooks doing at the beginning and end of Chapter 4?
(a) He is trying to escape.
(b) He is playing solitaire.
(c) He is humming.
(d) He is rubbing liniment on his back.

4. What does George tell Lennie to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To look across the river and take off his hat.
(b) To walk to the other side of the river.
(c) To explain what has happened.
(d) To leave.

5. What is Lennie sitting in the barn looking at when Chapter 5 begins?
(a) His boots.
(b) His hands.
(c) A dead puppy.
(d) A mouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Curley's wife call the men in Crooks' room?

3. Who is the first to see what has happened, regarding the shooting at the end of the book?

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

5. Who walks out of the brush in the beginning of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Candy say they should do about Lennie, after they discover what happened to Curley's wife?

3. Who is the first image that appears to Lennie as he is sitting in the brush in Chapter 6?

4. What does Crooks say to Lennie in Chapter 4 to upset him?

5. What does George say when Lennie asks if he will leave him in Chapter 6?

6. Describe Curley's wife.

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

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

9. What does George do with the gun in Chapter 6?

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

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