OMAM - Chapters 5-6

After accidentally killing his little puppy, what is Lennie's greatest fear?

• that he will never get married.

• that Curley will kill him

• that Curley will kill George

• that George will not let him tend the rabbits

Curley's wife had hopes and dreams before she was married. What did she hope to become?

• a model
• a singer
• a dancer
• an actress

All of the following events were used as foreshadowing for the death of Curley's wife EXCEPT?

• the incident in Weed

• the killing of the mouse

• the killing of Candy's dog.

• the crushing of Curley's hand.

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What is Lennie petting when he accidentally kills Curley's wife?

• her hair
• her dress
• a piece of velvet
• a puppy

Steinbeck describes the scene after Curley's wife dies by saying,

“Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on."

This is an example of which figurative language device:

• simile

• personification

• dialect

• oxymoron

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Who is the first person to discover the body of Curley's wife in the barn?

• Slim
• Crooks
• Candy
• George

After Candy discovers the body of Curley's wife, what does he warn George will happen to Lennie?

• Lennie will go to jail

• George will take Lennie to a mental hospital.

• Curley will want to have Lennie lynched

• Lennie will go and live in another town with Crooks

In the novel, there is a scene where Candy becomes angry with a dead Curley's wife, why do you think he was upset with her?

• he was in love with her

• because of her death their dream of having their own farm will not be fulfilled

• he is worried he'll be blamed for her death

• he thinks she's pretending to be dead

True or False: Curley's Wife married Curley for Love

• True

• False

Why does George go back to the bunkhouse and pretend to not know about Curley's wife?

• Curley will think that George killed her

• George wants to forget what happened

• George believes that Lennie didn't do it, so he wants to see if he is in the bunkhouse

• George doesn't want Curley to think he was in on it