Of Mice and Men Chapter 1-2

What type of setting does Steinbeck creat in the this chapter?

• Calm, quiet, and hot.

• Loud, angry, and freezing.

• Dark, angry, and lifeless.

• Grey, gloomy, and humid.

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What is the setting at the beginning of the story?

• a creekside in the hills of Northern California

• at a lake in the valley of Southern California

• on the train tracks in Oklahoma

• a creekside in the hills of Arizona

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Where is the novel set?

• Soledad
• Weed
• New York
• Chicago

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Who is the author of 'Of Mice and Men'?

• John Steinbeck
• J. K. Rowling
• Jane Austen
• J. R. R. Tolkien

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Who are the two main characters?

• George Milton & Lennie Small
• Mr. & Mrs. Curley
• Slim Smith & Crooks Big
• John Poe & Lennie Small

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What is the "American Dream?"

• The idea that you can start out poor and through hard work you can become successful.

• That literally does not exist.

• Meeting the president.

• The idea that even though you are successful, you can become even more successful/

Which statement best describes George?

• A huge man with a shapeless face, large eyes and wide, sloping shoulders

• A stooped man with a hunchback

• A small and quick man with a dark face, restless eyes, and strong features

• A heavy man with pale eyes and a large nose

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Which statement best describes Lennie?

• A short, quick man with a bad temper

• A small man with a dark face, restless eyes, and strong features

• An intelligent man

• A huge man with a shapeless face, large eyes and wide, sloping shoulders

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Which statement best summarizes why Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket?

• He likes to pet soft things because they are comforting to him.

• He loves the smell of a dead mouse.

• It’s the only animal he could find.

• He is malicious and wants to anger George every chance he gets.

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Which statement best summarizes what George would like to do if he was alone and didn’t have to watch over Lennie?

• He would sleep-in rather than getting up for work every day.

• He would take his fifty bucks, visit a cathouse, drink whisky and shoot pool at the end of each month.

• He would get married to his high school sweetheart.

• He would travel around the world.

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