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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 does Crooks say about migrant workers who want to own a ranch?

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

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

4. Where is someone shot Chapter 6?

5. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. When Crooks tells Curley's wife to leave his room, what happens?

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

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

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

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

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 2

Carlson seems to have a lot of trouble with the smell of Candy's dog, asking nearly everyone to convince Candy to shoot the dog. Why do you think that Carlson is so fixated on this dog? What other ways could Candy have dealt with the situation? What does it say about Candy that he allows someone else to shoot his dog?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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