Of Mice and Men Final Quiz

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Of Mice and Men

What would Aunt Clara always give to Lennie when he was little?

1. chocolate
2. mice
3. insects
4. lemon drops

What is Lennie often compared to when describing his actions?

Where did Lennie and George work before they came to Soledad?

1. Weed, California
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Soledad, California
4. Los Angeles, California

Summarize the story of why George and Lennie had to flee from Weed.

What dream are George and Lennie working toward?

1. Making enough money to leave the country.
2. Both want to find wives and settle down.
3. Buying a piece of land of their own with rabbits.
4. Owning their own cattle ranch.

Why does Lennie like George to tell the story of the farm, even though he already knows it by heart?

Explain the idiom, “live off the fatta the lan.”

1. They will have a ranch of their own.
2. They will become rich if they have their own land.
3. The land will offer a safe haven for them to live together.
4. The land will offer people whatever they need to survive.

Why do George and Lennie feel so lucky to have one another?

1. Because the life of most ranch hands is a lonely one.
2. Neither has any family that is still alive.
3. Safety in numbers
4. They can combine their money to save up

Why does George look after Lennie?

What physical characteristic is unique about Candy?

Why does Curley not like men who are bigger than him?

What does it mean when the workers say that Curley's wife has "the eye"?

1. She had a glass eye.
2. She has the ability of foresight.
3. She wore a lot of make-up
4. She was looking to men other than her husband for physical affirmation and satisfaction.

What incident in their past made George stop playing jokes on Lennie?

1. Lennie told him how much it hurt his feelings.
2. Lennie almost drowned because of the joke.
3. George and Lennie's mutual friend drowned because of the joke.
4. Lennie almost accidentally killed George.

Why does Candy feel he should have shot his dog himself?

What kind of establishment does Old Susy run, from what the text implies?

1. A restaurant
2. A bar
3. A brothel
4. A hotel

Why does Curley get suspicious every time Slim is not with the other men?

1. He is afraid that his wife is having an affair with Slim.
2. He is afraid that Slim is trying to find another place to work.
3. He is afraid of Slim stealing the best horses on the ranch.
4. He is only curious, not really worried.

Why is Crooks’ room set apart from the others?

Why does Curley attack Lennie?

How does Lennie’s puppy die?

What happens between Lennie and Curley's wife?

Why do you think George shoots Lennie?

Is Curley's wife to blame for Lennie's death?

Who discovers her body? What is the reaction?

1. Carlston discovers the body; at first he believes that she is sleeping in the barn
2. Candy discovers the body; at first he believes that she is sleeping in the barn

Do George and Candy still plan to buy the dream farm after Lennie’s death?

1. No, They give up on the plan to buy the farm.
2. Yes, They are going to buy the farm together.

Who do they think took the Carlson's Luger?

Why does Candy blame Curley's wife for her own death?

Why does Steinbeck set the death of Lennie in the same location as the opening scene?

Who realizes what really happened between Lennie and George?

1. Slim
2. Candy
3. Curley
4. Carlson

How would you rate the novella?

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