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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. Who takes George away at the end of the book?

2. Who begins organizing a search to find Lennie?

3. What does the second image tell Lennie he is?

4. When Lennie apologizes to the first image, what does he say he tried to do?

5. What does George lie about at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Curley's wife.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

George and Lennie talk constantly about having a place of their own. Besides getting out of having to work for other people, what other reasons do you think they have for owning their own place? What makes this the dream they come back to again and again when they are upset? What would this new place do for them?

Essay Topic 3

George and Lennie have been talking about their dream for a while when George finally realizes that it could actually come true. But in the end, it doesn't. Do you think that their dream was ever going to come true? Do you think that George ever really believed it would come true? Why or why not?

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