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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Curley's wife wearing when she enters the barn in Chapter 5?

2. What does Lennie tell Crooks in Chapter 4?

3. Who runs into the barn looking for Lennie at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What is the setting for Chapter 6?

5. Who watches George and the individual leading him away at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Curley's wife.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What story does Lennie make George repeat to him while they sit together in the brush in the final chapter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lennie is absolutely fascinated by rabbits. He wants to have them as pets at the place where George and he will live. Why do you think that rabbits are so fascinating to Lennie? And for that matter, why is Lennie so fascinated with animals in general? What characteristics do animals and Lennie share?

Essay Topic 2

The incident in Weed resulted in Lennie and George having to leave, but why didn't they fight back and tell the truth about what happened? Why didn't they let the others know that Lennie didn't try to rape her? Why did they simply choose to run away? Was this the best choice for them?

Essay Topic 3

George warns Lennie about the puppies several times in the story - they're too young, they need to be with their mother, etc. Do you think that George was worried Lennie might hurt the puppies? Why or why not? Are there any signs that Lennie is going to hurt the puppies before he actually does?

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