Chapter 4 Of Mice and Men

What is the main reason Crooks lives alone in the harness room?

• The harness room has a light bulb so he can read at night.

• He lost a bet in a horseshoe tournament.

• The other men don’t like him being in the bunk-house because he is black.

• He is too worried about the horses to be far from them.

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

Which answer most accurately describes how Curley’s wife found out that Lennie broke Curley’s hand?

• Crooks accidentally lets the information slip.

• Candy tells her if she doesn’t watch out, Lennie will break her hand too.

• Lennie answers her question honestly.

• She sees the bruises on Lennie’s face and puts it together.

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

What does Crooks think about Lennie?

• He can fly

• He's crazy

• He's the hardest working man he's ever seen

• He's an excellent dancer

How does Curley's Wife think Curley hurt his hand?

• He caught it in a machine

• She knows Lennie crushed it

• He slipped while putting on his vaseline

• Candy tried to bite it off

Why did Carlson kill Candy's dog?

• To put it out of it's misery

• It had rabies

• It couldn't feed it's puppies

• It was making too much noise

What will be Lennie's job when he and George have a ranch?

• Tend to the rabbits

• Take care of the puppies

• Build the ranch house

• Paint the barn

What is Candy willing to do to go with George and Lennie?

• Give them the money he has saved

• Drive them to the ranch

• Help build the rabbit hutch

• Tell the boss that they are leaving

What is the reason that Steinbeck doesn't give Curly's wife a name?

• It is not important to the story

• She doesn't have a name

• The other characters don't know her name

• Women are inferior to men and they are considered property of men