Of Mice and Men FINAL TEST

Which decade is the setting for the novel, Of Mice and Men?

• 1910's

• 1920's

• 1930's

• 1940's

The reader gains an early indication of Lennie’s problem when

• he admits to George that he can’t read traffic signs
• he forgets his own name
• we learn about the dead mouse in his pocket
• he forgets where they are going

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What excites Lennie the most about his dream life with George?

• he will get to tend rabbits
• he will get to use a stove
• he will get to have a garden

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The story of Lennie’s near disaster in the town of Weed

• showed that Lennie might be a rapist
• exacerbated Curley’s bitterness toward both men
• foreshadowed later events in the story

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The lowest man in the ranch hierarchy was

• Candy, the swamper
• Crooks, the stable buck
• Slim, the jerkline skinner
• Carlson, the ranch hand

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What does Lennie finally do when Curley punches him, with George’s insistence?

• he does not fight back at all
• he begins to weep
• he attempts to strangle Curley
• he crushes Curley’s hand

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Slim is an irrational and unpredictable character who doesn't seem to understand George and Lennie.

• True
• False 

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Which of these animals is NOT killed in the course of the story?

• a mouse
• a puppy
• a rabbit
• an old dog

Crooks is the stable man who has suffered the effects of racism and discrimination and, as a result, is suspicious of the other farm workers.

• True
• False 

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Why does Curley's wife let Lenny touch her hair in the barn?

• She thinks he will help to style her hair
• She thinks he is like a big baby and sees no harm 
• She thinks he is big and handsome, so she lets him touch her hair
• She sees him as a way off of the farm , so she wants to be friends

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