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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. How often is Crooks at the ranch?

2. Who is sitting in his room at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. Where does Crooks live?

4. What does Lennie talk about again and again?

5. What does Curley's wife call the men in Crooks' room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the end of the book, what does George say happened to Lennie?

6. What does George say when Lennie asks if he will leave him in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Again and again, Lennie and George are asked why they are so close, and George always gets defensive about their relationship. Why do you think George sticks up for Lennie again and again? Why does George continue to travel with Lennie, even with all of the trouble that has happened along the way?

Essay Topic 2

When George kills Lennie, it's a shock to some readers. After all of George's devotion and loyalty, this seems like a final act of betrayal. Why do you think George killed Lennie? Do you think this killing was the right thing to do? Why did George lie about what happened with Lennie? What do you think happens to George after the book ends?

Essay Topic 3

When Lennie kills Curley's wife, he immediately realizes that he has done something wrong. In many legal defenses, that would be proof enough that someone could be tried for a crime, even if they were also mentally challenged. That said, how do you think Lennie would do if he were on trial for this murder? Would he be convicted? Why or why not? What could a lawyer present in his defense?

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