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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy isn't Crooks allowed in the bunk house?He is black and the men say he stinksHis crooked back grosses out the other menThe men don't want him to win cards like he does horse shoesHe got into a fight with one of the men last time
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWho walks into the barn at the beginning of chapter 4?GeorgeLennieSlimCurley
- 3. Multiple ChoiceCrooks has many friendsTrueFalse
- 4. Multiple ChoiceCurley's wife is happy staying at home.TrueFalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy is Crooks envious of Lennie?because Lennie has a better jobbecause Lennie has Georgebecause Lennie has a puppybecause Lennie can leave whenever he wants
- 6. Multiple ChoiceCurley's wife insults the men in Crooks' room bysaying that all the weak ones were left behindcalling them all worthless cripplestelling them they could never have a girl like herlabeling them cowards for hurting Curley
- 7. Multiple ChoiceCrooks' conversation with Lennie shows us that Crooks ishungrydumblonelykind
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is Crooks doing when Lennie enters his room?
Fixing a harness.
Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.
Reading the California Civil Code for 1905.
Rubbing liniment on his back.
- 9. Multiple Choice
When Crooks asks Lennie why he is in the barn at night, Lennie states, “I come to see my pup” (69). Yet he stays in Crooks’ doorway, even after Crooks says he is not welcome and tells him to go back to the bunk-house. The most likely reason Lennie doesn’t leave is that…
Lennie is hiding from Curley.
Candy made Lennie angry by threatening to harm the rabbits.
George is in town with the men, and Lennie is lonely.
Crooks asked Lennie to help him treat a mule.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk?
Slim and the boss
Curley and Slim
Candy and Curley’s wife
Curley’s wife and Carlson
- 11. Multiple Choice
Crooks tells Lennie that “a guy needs somebody- to be near him…A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you” (72). Choose the literary term that best fits this statement.
Simile
Symbol
Theme
Personification
- 12. Multiple Choice
When Curley’s wife refuses to leave, Crooks threatens to tell the Boss where she’s been and “ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more” (80). Which answer best summarizes her reaction?
She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged.
She runs away from the ranch.
She meekly backs out of the harness room and returns to the house.
She cries to her father-in-law that the men don’t treat her kindly.
- 13. Multiple Choice
When Candy tells Crooks that what Curley’s wife said was wrong, Crooks replies, “It wasn’t nothing…You guys comin’ in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true” (82). Which statement best summarizes what Crooks “forgot?”
He had chores to do that didn’t get done.
He already has a place to go when he can’t work at the ranch anymore.
He doesn’t like being around people with disabilities.
He will always be treated differently because of the color of his skin.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Crooks angers Lennie by doing this.
Joking that George might never come back
Taking away his puppy
Telling Lennie he doesn't like him
Telling Lennie to go away and leave him alone
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