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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 say about migrant workers who want to own a ranch?
(a) It's a silly dream.
(b) It is boring to hear about.
(c) It always happens.
(d) It never happens.

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

3. What does George assure Lennie in Chapter 6?
(a) That he has never been mad at him.
(b) That he is upset with him.
(c) That he is going to shoot him.
(d) That he is going to leave him.

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

5. What does Lennie talk about again and again?
(a) Cats.
(b) Weed.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, according to Curley's wife, did a specific individual sabotage her success at her desired profession?

2. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?

3. What is the second thing Lennie imagines he sees in Chapter 6?

4. What does Curley's wife say in Chapter 5 that she had wanted to do for a profession?

5. What does Lennie do at the beginning of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to the puppy that Lennie talks to in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

6. Why did Curley's wife even marry Curley in the first place?

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

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

9. What story does Crooks share with Lennie in Chapter 4?

10. What does Curley's wife share with Lennie in the barn?

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