View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Crooks excited to have Lennie in his room?
(a) He wants to talk about George.
(b) He likes Lennie.
(c) He thinks Lennie is smarter than he looks.
(d) He never gets to talk to anyone.

2. Who has no friends?
(a) Slim.
(b) Candy.
(c) Curley's wife.
(d) Whit.

3. 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.

4. Why do the other men run into the clearing in Chapter 6?
(a) They see George.
(b) They hear the gunshot.
(c) They see Lennie.
(d) Curley tells them to.

5. How, according to Curley's wife, did a specific individual sabotage her success at her desired profession?
(a) By Ground her.
(b) By leave her.
(c) By beating her.
(d) By steeling a letter from a man in the industry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Crooks try to get out of his room in Chapter 4?

3. What does Lennie do after his confrontation with Curley's wife suddenly ends?

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

5. What does Curley's wife want Lennie to touch in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Curley's wife.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 610 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample