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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Lennie and George different than other guys, according to George?
(a) They are the same age.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They have someone with whom to travel.
(d) They like to eat beans.

3. Where does Lennie hide the objective he is staring at in the barn at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) In the bunk.
(b) In his pockets.
(c) In the house.
(d) In the hay.

4. Who has no friends?
(a) Candy.
(b) Slim.
(c) Whit.
(d) Curley's wife.

5. What does Lennie do at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Finds a can of beans.
(b) Shoot himself.
(c) Kneel down by the water to drink.
(d) Eat a meal.

6. 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) What happened to it.
(c) Why it died.
(d) What's so special about them.

7. In Chapter 5, who/what does Lennie blame for dying?
(a) Aunt Clara.
(b) A mouse.
(c) The dog.
(d) George.

8. Who begins organizing a search to find Lennie?
(a) George.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Candy.
(d) Curley.

9. What does Lennie talk about again and again?
(a) Weed.
(b) Cats.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Rabbits.

10. Who runs into the barn looking for Lennie at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) George.
(b) Candy.
(c) No one.
(d) Curley.

11. What does the first image Lennie saw in Chapter 6 think will happen if Lennie gets rabbits?
(a) He will have too many.
(b) He will forget their names.
(c) He will forget to work.
(d) He will forget to feed them.

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

13. Who walks in to talk with Crooks in Chapter 4?
(a) Slim.
(b) Lennie.
(c) George.
(d) Whit.

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

15. What does the second image tell Lennie he is?
(a) Educated.
(b) A hard worker.
(c) Smart.
(d) Worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George tell Lennie to do in Chapter 6?

2. Who walks out of the brush in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Who says in Chapter 4 that he really doesn't want to work for Candy?

4. What horrible does Curley's wife say she can do to Crooks?

5. Where does Crooks live?

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