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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lennie say he should live?
(a) In Weed.
(b) In the hills by himself.
(c) In the city.
(d) Away from the ranch.

2. Who is capable of driving 20 mules with a single line?
(a) George.
(b) Slim.
(c) Candy.
(d) Curley.

3. Who is a stocky man who wears blue jeans and a flannel shirt?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Lennie.
(c) The boss.
(d) George.

4. What is the setting of the story?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Salinas, California.
(c) Weed, Arizona.
(d) Santa Diaz, California.

5. What does George tell Lennie to do when they are eating by the fire in Chapter 1?
(a) To stand up and leave.
(b) To walk in a circle.
(c) To look around and remember the place they are sitting.
(d) To hide in the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1?

2. How much work can Lennie generally accomplish?

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

4. Who hopes George and Lennie are placed on his barley bucking team?

5. What proves the boss is not a not a laborer?

(see the answer key)

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