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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did Aunt Clara stop giving Lennie mice?
Because she died.
Because she got sick.
Because he kept killing them.
Because she said he needed to grow up and stop playing with them.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does George take the mice that Lennie is holding away in Chapter 1?
Because he's mad at Lennie
Because he wants to hold it himself
Because it's not clean
Because he thinks it's still alive and he can save it
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where were George and Lennie working before the start of the novel?
Waterfort
Weed
Willits
Waco
- 4. Multiple Choice
What man in Chapter 1 is described as small, dark, and quick?
Lennie
Slim
George
Curly
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which man in Chapter 1 is described as large and pale?
Curly
Carlson
Lennie
George
- 6. Multiple Choice
Where does the bus drop the two men off in Chapter 1?
Weed
Soledad
Four miles from the ranch
By the river
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why does Lennie not have his work card in his pocket?
George is holding it for him
He lost it when he went swimming in the river
A mouse ate it when it was still alive
He had a hole in his pocket and it slipped out
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where are George and Lennie going in Chapter 1?
To a city to find work
To buy a little house to live in together
To the mountains to stay in a cave
To a ranch to find work
- 9. Multiple Choice
Once they find their way, what does George instruct Lennie to do?
Repeat everything George does (every action and word)
Pretend to be blind, deaf, or both
Talk and be friendly to everyone he sees (with a constant smile)
To be quiet and not say a word
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did George and Lennie leave the last place they were at?
They had to run from the law
George stole some money and was scared he'd be caught
The ranch industry wasn't hiring anymore (effects of the Great Depression)
Lennie wanted to leave (he was scared of the people there)
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does Lennie want to have with his dinner that they don't have?
Hot dogs
Beans
Ketchup
Soda
- 12. Multiple Choice
At the end of Chapter 1, what does George instruct Lennie to do if he ever gets himself into trouble?
To get on a bus and go wherever he can to get away
To find George as fast as possible
To fight his way out of it
To run to the river and hide in the brush.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do Lennie and George eat by the fire in Chapter 1?
A can of beans
Rabbit
Nuts and old vegetables
Fish they catch at the river
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the river that runs through the story's setting?
Salinas
Solidad
Svarnet
Samsanite
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does George promise to get Lennie the first chance he gets?
A rabbit
A ranch
A mouse
A puppy
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