Of Mice and Men Quiz Y

Which character is missing his right hand, is old and has an old dog?

• Candy
• Curley
• Crooks
• Carlson

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He is isolated because of the color of his skin.  He sleeps in the stable and has a crooked back.

• Crooks
• Candy
• Carlson
• Curley

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When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, he is using the technique of

• narration
• graphic description
• foreshadowing

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What does Lennie say he can do if George does not want him around anymore?

• he says he can get his own farm
• he says he can go off into the hills and find a cave
• he says he can get a job away from George

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George explained Lennie’s problem to everyone by saying

• he had been the victim of a childhood disease
• his parents kept him out of school
• he had been kicked in the head by a horse
• he ate paint chips as a child

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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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Curley’s wife precipitated her own death by

• enticing Lennie down to the river bank
• inviting Lennie to stroke her hair
• giving Lennie the eye in front of her husband

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Laying down 

• Mollify 
• Recumbant
• Laden
• Plaintive 

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The story took place during

• The Renaissance
• The Great Depression
• The Great Awakening
• The Recession

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During which time period is the novel set?

• 1930s
• Late 1920s
• 1940s
• World War I