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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement best summarizes Lennie’s new plan for survival?
He will turn himself in to the sheriff.
He will go back to the ranch and look for George.
He will go into the mountains and find a cave.
He will get a job and buy his own rabbits.
- 2. Multiple Choice
An old woman and a giant rabbit speak to Lennie by the river. The best explanation for the cruel things that they say is that…
Lennie’s own mind tortures him by repeating hurtful words he has heard.
Lennie’s Aunt Clara isn’t really dead.
George is behind a tree throwing his voice to trick Lennie.
Lennie is playing a make-believe game to pass the time.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where did George get the gun he uses to shoot Lennie?
George borrowed Slim’s rifle.
He took Crooks’ shotgun from the harness room.
George had his own .22 caliber pistol hidden in his bindle.
He took Carlson’s Luger from the bunkhouse.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why is it significant that when George is preparing to shoot Lennie, that he “looked at the back of Lennie’s head, at the place where the spine and skull were joined?” (105).
There is no significance to this.
George just looks there because Lennie took off his hat.
A shot to this spot would cause instant, almost painless death.
George is contemplating suicide.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which literary term below is best represented the similarity between Lennie’s death and the shooting of Candy’s dog?
Simile
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Personification
- 6. Multiple Choice
Before George pulls the trigger, he tells Lennie about the little place they’re going to have and the rabbits he will tend. Which statement is the most likely reason George tells Lennie this white lie?
George is so used to lying to Lennie that it just slips out.
George wants Lennie’s last moments to be happy, not fearful.
George isn’t lying. He still thinks the dream farm is possible.
George is getting back at Lennie for all the trouble he’s caused.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Before he shoots Lennie, George also says that soon, “Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” The most likely place George is referring to is…
The insane asylum.
Lennie’s jail cell.
The farm.
The afterlife
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which statement best represents how the men believe events at the river occurred?
Lennie took Carlson’s Luger, and George took it from him and shot him.
Lennie and George struggled over the gun and it went off accidentally.
Lennie wounded George with the gun before George shot him.
Lennie was trying to kill George, and George shot him in self defense.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes Slim’s reaction Lennie’s death?
He threatens to turn George in to the sheriff for murder.
He slaps George on the back for taking care of things like a man.
He is shocked and wants nothing to do with George.
He tries to reassure George that he really had no other choice.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Lennie's death most likely prevented further suffering because...
Curley would have killed Lennie in a horrific and painful way
If Lennie was taken alive, he'd just sit in alone and scared in a jail cell for the rest of his life
If he somehow escaped, he'd possibly hurt someone else by accident
All of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who imagined Aunt Clara?
George
Candy
Lennie
Slim
- 12. Multiple Choice
Whenever Lennie is confused or upset, he thinks of which animals?
Birds
Chickens
Roosters
Rabbits
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who stole the Luger?
Carlson
George
Slim
Curley
- 14. Multiple Choice
Aside from George, who is the only other migrant worker that understood what happened?
Curley
Slim
Crooks
Whit
- 15. Multiple Choice
Where does this chapter take place?
In the bunkhouse
By the riverbed, Salinas river
By the farm
In Crooks' room
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where did George always to tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble?
Hide in the water
Hide in the brush
Hide in the banana stand
Hide in the boxes
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why did Lennie return to this place?
He knew he did a bad thing
He didn't like working at the farm
He wanted to go fishing
He wanted to find a mouse
- 18. Multiple Choice
When George eventually finds Lennie, Lennie thinks he that George will...
Be mad
Give him a hard time
Talk about how easy life would be without Lennie
All of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why does Slim tell George, "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda."
Because Lennie was going to attack George
Because Lennie was either going to hurt someone else or get killed
Because Lennie killed Curley's Wife
Because George was tired of taking care of Lennie
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the town George and Lennie are traveling to in the beginning of the novel?
Soledad
Weed
- 21. Multiple Choice
When did Of Mice and Men take place?
During the Middle Ages in 600 AD
During the Colonial Period in the 1700's
During the Civil War in the 1860's
During the Great Depression in the 1930's
- 22. Multiple Choice
What happened to Curley's hand in Chapter 3?
He got it caught in a machine
He pulled a tendon carrying a hay bale
Lennie broke it during an altercation with Curley
Candy's dog attacked him
- 23. Multiple Choice
What two details do we learn about Curley's wife in Chapter 5?
She used to be a famous musician and loves to sail
When she was growing up she had two cats and lived with her aunt
Her dream was to be an actress and she doesn't like her husband
She doesn't like broccoli and wears a size 10 shoe
- 24. Multiple Choice
In Chapter 5, Lennie kills Curley's wife. What else is killed through that same incident?
A mouse
Curley's hand
George and Lennie's dream
Candy's dog
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which event foreshadows Lennie's death?
Carlson shooting Candy's dog because it is the exact way Lennie dies.
Slim shooting Candy's dog because it is the exact way Lennie dies.
Lennie killing the puppy.
Lennie killing the mouse.
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