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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Curley's wife wearing when she enters the barn in Chapter 5?
(a) Overalls.
(b) A bright dress and makeup.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A red dress.

2. Who does Crooks try to get out of his room in Chapter 4?
(a) George.
(b) Candy.
(c) Lennie.
(d) Curley's wife.

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

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

5. Who walks out of the brush in Chapter 6 and asks Lennie why he is yelling?
(a) Candy.
(b) Curley.
(c) George.
(d) Slim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does George do after assuring Lennie of something in Chapter 6?

3. At the end of the book, where does George tell Lennie they are going?

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

5. Who enters the room and compliments Crooks on its appearance in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Curley's wife share with Lennie in the barn?

2. Why did Curley's wife even marry Curley in the first place?

3. At the end of the book, what does George say happened to Lennie?

4. Where does Crooks, the black ranch hand, live on the ranch?

5. What does Crooks talk about when Lennie continues to bring up the rabbits in Chapter 4?

6. What does George do with the gun in Chapter 6?

7. What does George think the men should do about Lennie, after they discover what he did to Curley's wife?

8. What does Lennie do after he comes out of the brush from hiding, after his confrontation with Curley's Wife?

9. Why does Crooks live in a separate space than the rest of the men?

10. What does George pull out of his pocket in Chapter 6, while sitting with Lennie?

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