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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does George say in his lie?
(a) That the boss was the one to suggest shooting Lennie.
(b) That Lennie had Carlson's gun first.
(c) That Curley actually shot Lennie.
(d) That Lennie shot himself.

3. Why does Lennie go to Crooks' room?
(a) He saw the light on.
(b) George told him to.
(c) He got invited.
(d) He got lost.

4. What does Lennie ask George in Chapter 6?
(a) If he will leave him.
(b) If he will hurt him.
(c) If he will fight him.
(d) If he will tell anyone.

5. Why is Crooks excited to have Lennie in his room?
(a) He never gets to talk to anyone.
(b) He wants to talk about George.
(c) He thinks Lennie is smarter than he looks.
(d) He likes Lennie.

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

7. Who is said to look 'simple and pretty now' in Chapter 5?
(a) Clara.
(b) Lennie.
(c) Susy.
(d) Curley's wife.

8. Who are the men scared to talk to alone?
(a) Slim.
(b) Whit.
(c) Carlson.
(d) Curley's wife.

9. What does Curley's wife say in Chapter 5 that she had wanted to do for a profession?
(a) Become a wife.
(b) Become a princess.
(c) Become an actress.
(d) Become a ranch owner.

10. How does Lennie respond to the dead animal/person in Chapter 5?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He doesn't react.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He laughs.

11. When Lennie apologizes to the first image, what does he say he tried to do?
(a) Talk.
(b) Behave.
(c) Keep quiet.
(d) Be slow.

12. As two individuals watch George being led away at the end of the book, what are they wondering?
(a) Where he is going to work now.
(b) Why he and Slim are so upset.
(c) What he is going to do with Lennie's body
(d) Where he is going.

13. Where is the individual who takes George away at the end of the book taking George?
(a) Back to the bunkhouse.
(b) To get a drink.
(c) To a whorehouse.
(d) To a new ranch.

14. What does Lennie interrupt Curley's wife in Chapter 5 to talk about?
(a) Slim.
(b) George.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Weed.

15. Who watches George and the individual leading him away at the end of the book?
(a) Slim and Curley.
(b) Curley and Candy.
(c) Curley and Carlson.
(d) Slim and Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing Lennie imagines he sees in Chapter 6?

2. Whose gun does George have in Chapter 6?

3. What happens when Curley's wife says something horrible that she can have done to Crooks?

4. What does Crooks continue to criticize in Chapter 4?

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

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