Of Mice and Men Ch. 2

Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble? 

• In the barn
• In the brush
• In the saloon
• In the stable

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What is George and Lennie's dream?

• To have their own land
• To have wives
• To have an education
• To make it to Oregon

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Which best describes why George and Lennie are constantly on the move?

• Lennie keeps getting in trouble and losing every job he and George get.

• They are running away from their parents.

• They are too restless and become bored easily, so they keep looking for more challenging work.

• Lennie is trying to ditch George.

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This character is known as the "Prince of the Ranch"

• Slim
• Candy
• Whit
• Crooks

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Idiom: What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can"?

• bring a can of food

• get fired

• throw something away

• recycle

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What do the characters' hands often tell us about them?

• how strong they are

• how much work they do

• what kind of person they are

• whether they're lonely

How do the other men on the ranch feel about Slim?

• They're afraid of him

• They're jealous of him.

• They're annoyed by him.

• They look up to him

What SIMILE does George use to describe Lennie? 

• as cuckoo as a clock
• as strong as a bull
• as lazy as a cow
• mean like a bear

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Which of the following best describes Candy?

• crippled old man who sweeps up the bunk house 
• the leader of the ranch hands 
• a lightweight boxer who wears a glove with Vaseline 
• the blacksmith who slept in George’s bunk before George

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When Lennie overhears Slim talking about his dog having puppies, how does Lennie react?

• He acts like he doesn’t care about the puppies

• He begs George to ask Slim if he can have a brown and white puppy

• He asks Slim himself if he can have a puppy

• He plans to steal all of the puppies

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