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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 Lennie do as George talks to him near the river in Chapter 6?
(a) Giggle with happiness.
(b) Ignores him.
(c) Cry about his bad deeds.
(d) Complain.

2. What does Lennie do after his confrontation with Curley's wife suddenly ends?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He runs to George.
(c) He partly covers her with hay.
(d) He kisses her.

3. Who walks in to talk with Crooks in Chapter 4?
(a) Slim.
(b) Whit.
(c) Lennie.
(d) George.

4. Who is said to look 'simple and pretty now' in Chapter 5?
(a) Susy.
(b) Clara.
(c) Lennie.
(d) Curley's wife.

5. Who does Crooks try to get out of his room in Chapter 4?
(a) George.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) Lennie.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George say in his lie?

2. What does Lennie talk about again and again?

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

4. What does Lennie ask George in Chapter 6?

5. At the end of the book, where does George tell Lennie they are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Candy do when he comes into Crooks' room for a visit?

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

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

4. Why does Crooks live in a separate space than the rest of the men?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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