Of Mice and Men Chapter 6

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Which literary term below is best represented the similarity between Lennie’s death and the shooting of Candy’s dog?

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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