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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Candy says that they should do what with Lennie?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Get Curley to fight him.
(c) Tell the boss.
(d) Let him run away.

2. What did the previous occupant of George's bed in the bunkhouse keep at his bedside?
(a) An iron rod.
(b) Bug poison.
(c) A rag.
(d) A coffee cup.

3. What does Slim call Lennie in Chapter 3?
(a) Silly.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Cuckoo.
(d) Kind.

4. What is the river that runs through the story's setting?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Rio Grande.
(c) Salinas.
(d) Colorado.

5. What does Curley's wife tell Lennie in Chapter 4?
(a) She wants to meet him later.
(b) She thinks he's attractive.
(c) She is glad he beat up Curley.
(d) She wants him to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dog stinks?

2. Who used to sleep in George's bed in the bunkhouse?

3. What does Lennie ask George while they are eating near their fire in Chapter 1?

4. What happened in Weed?

5. What happens to Curley's wife in Chapter 5?

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