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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which answer best describes why Lennie’s puppy has died?
Lennie hit it for nipping at him.
Lennie took it away from its mother too soon.
Slim suffocated it because it was the runt of the litter.
A horse accidentally stepped on it.
- 2. Multiple Choice
When Curley’s wife comes into the barn to talk to Lennie, where is George?
Fixing a harness.
Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.
Playing in a horseshoe tournament.
In town at Suzie’s Place.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which statement below best summarizes the dream Curley’s wife had for her future, before she met Curley?
She wanted to be a famous dancer.
She wanted to marry the boy next door.
She wanted to go to college to get away from her mother.
She wanted to go to Hollywood and be in the movies.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does Curley’s wife let Lennie touch her hair?
Lennie is a good listener.
She and Lennie both like to touch soft things.
She realizes that Lennie is nice, and thinks he is harmless.
All of the above.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In this chapter Lennie tells Curley’s wife that the reason the death of his puppy is so upsetting to him is that now he “won’t get to tend the rabbits”(85). The fact that the loss of imaginary rabbits he never had is more tragic to him than the death of his real pet puppy is an example of…
Metaphor
Irony
Allusion
Personification
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes how Curley’s wife dies?
She trips and falls running from Lennie.
Lennie breaks her neck while trying to stop her from screaming.
She suffocates because she can’t breathe with his hand over her mouth.
Lennie frightens her so much she has a heart attack.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of these men is the first to find the body of Curley’s wife?
Candy
Curley
Slim
George
- 8. Multiple Choice
When George realizes that Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, he says, “I guess we gotta get ‘im and’ lock ‘im up. We can’t let ‘im get away. Why, the poor bastard’d starve…Maybe they’ll lock ‘im up and be nice to ‘im” (94). Select the statement below that best summarizes why George can’t just let Lennie run away on his own.
Lennie deserves to be punished for his crime.
George is too annoyed to be bothered taking care of Lennie anymore.
Lennie isn’t smart enough to feed or care for himself.
George is angry and wants to shoot Lennie in the guts.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which is the most likely reason Curley wants Lennie to suffer when he dies?
Curley wants revenge for his broken hand.
Curley suspects Lennie of having an affair with his wife.
Curley likes and respects Lennie.
Curley is grieving because he loved his wife so much.
- 10. Multiple Choice
At the end of the chapter, Candy tellsGeorge he would still buy the farm with him. What is the most reasonable explanation for why George has seemingly changed his mind about wanting the farm at this point in the novel.
He's angry with Lennie.
It was just something he dreamed up mostly for Lennie, and he wouldn't actually want to do it without Lennie.
He blames Candy for what happened.
He is going to have to run away again to avoid trouble.
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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.
- 13. 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.
- 14. 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.
- 15. 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
- 16. 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.
- 17. 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
- 18. 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.
- 19. 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.
- 20. 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
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