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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 hate about being on the ranch?
(a) No one gives him a raise.
(b) No one listens to him.
(c) No one knows his name.
(d) He has too much work to do.

2. Who does Curley's wife accuse of sabotaging her from attaining her desired profession?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Slim.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Curley.

3. What does Curley's wife tell Lennie in Chapter 4?
(a) She wants to meet him later.
(b) She thinks he's attractive.
(c) She wants him to run away.
(d) She is glad he beat up Curley.

4. 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.

5. Why does Crooks live where he does?
(a) Because he smells.
(b) Because he paid for his room.
(c) Because he wants a cleaner room.
(d) Because he is black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks out of the brush in Chapter 6 and asks Lennie why he is yelling?

2. What happens to Curley's wife in Chapter 5?

3. Of what is Lennie afraid?

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

5. What does George tell Lennie to do in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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