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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crooks talk about again and again?
(a) About being on the ranch.
(b) About sports.
(c) About being lonely.
(d) About whorehouses.

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

3. What does Lennie ask he object(s) he is starting at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) How strong they are.
(b) Why it died.
(c) What happened to it.
(d) What's so special about them.

4. What does Lennie do when Curley's wife begins to scream and yell?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He cries.
(c) He covers her mouth and nose.
(d) He calls for George.

5. What does Lennie pick up before he runs away from the barn in Chapter 5?
(a) A gun.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A dead puppy.
(d) Curley's wife's scarf.

6. Who takes George away at the end of the book?
(a) Whit.
(b) Slim.
(c) Candy.
(d) Curley.

7. Who does Curley's wife accuse of sabotaging her from attaining her desired profession?
(a) Slim.
(b) Curley.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her best friend.

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

9. How often is Crooks at the ranch?
(a) He works just a day or two a week.
(b) He is a permanent worker.
(c) He comes in once a month.
(d) He is a migrant worker.

10. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Flirt with him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Have him strung from a tree.

11. Who insults Lennie, Crooks, and Candy in Chapter 4?
(a) Curley.
(b) Curley's wife.
(c) Slim.
(d) Whit.

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

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

14. What does Curley's wife call the men in Crooks' room?
(a) Bindle bums.
(b) Lazy bums.
(c) Sexy hunks.
(d) Silly goats.

15. What is Lennie sitting in the barn looking at when Chapter 5 begins?
(a) His boots.
(b) A dead puppy.
(c) A mouse.
(d) His hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does George lie in Chapter 6?

2. Who is sitting in his room at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. Who begins organizing a search to find Lennie?

4. Why did Curley's wife say she married Curley?

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

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