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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Lennie to grab Curley's wife's hair?
(a) He loses his mind.
(b) George tells him to.
(c) She yells at him.
(d) There's a loud noise.

2. Who used to sleep in George's bed in the bunkhouse?
(a) An actor.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An animal lover.
(d) A blacksmith.

3. What is Lennie doing when he comes into the bunkhouse in Chapter 3?
(a) Hiding the puppy.
(b) Playing solitaire.
(c) Napping.
(d) Holding a woman.

4. What did George do to make Lennie let go of a woman he was holding?
(a) Told their boss.
(b) Hit him over the head with a fence picket.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Nothing.

5. What is hanging right above the bunks in Chapter 2?
(a) The rules.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Hooks.
(d) Apple boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns to the bunkhouse at dusk in Chapter 3?

2. What did the boss buy everyone at the ranch for Christmas?

3. Curley's wife wears what when she enters the bunkhouse in Chapter 2?

4. What does Lennie interrupt Curley's wife in Chapter 5 to talk about?

5. Who kills the dog that stinks?

(see the answer key)

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