2023-2024 English 10 Summer Reading Quiz

What setting is used to begin and end the novel?

• the bunkhouse where the men worked

• the riverbank and pool under the willow trees

• the town where George and Lennie grew up

• the road the men would walk on to go to different farms

The reader first learns about Lennie's mental problem when

• he admits to George he can't read the road signs

• he forgets his own name

• George finds out about the dead mouse in his pocket

• he forgets that they are going to a new job

Why do George and Lennie have to leave the town of Weed?

• Lennie was accused of rape

• Aunt Clara kicked them out

• Lennie killed too many animals

• They were fired

Why does Steinbeck have George include the details of the incident in the previous town of weed in the novel?

• to highlight that Lennie is misunderstood, but would never hurt anyone on purpose

• to make the reader not trust what Lennie says and prove that he is unintelligent

• to build tension and make us wonder if they will be able to escape

• to demonstrate that the law system back then was unfair and people like Lennie did not have rights

Upon arriving at the ranch, George and Lennie are questioned three times about why they are together. What purpose does this questioning serve?

• To show that they weren't supposed to both come to work at the ranch

• To highlight attitudes against people with disabilities/mental illnesses at the time

• To emphasize how it was unusual for migrant workers to travel together in this time period

• To make clear that they don't get along well

What is the attitude or atmosphere like for the men working on the ranch?

• warm and loving support, with a comforting support

• lonely and difficult, mean uninviting bosses

• cruel and abusive, the men are barely surviving

• hopeful and encouraging, all the men there are hopeful for the future

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

• runs away

• strangles Curley to keep him quiet

• crushes Curley's hand

• yells at Curley and scares him

Curley's wife precipitated her own death by

• asking Lennie to meet her down by the river bank

• inviting Lennie to feel her hair

• flirting with Lennie in front of Curley

• having an affair with Slim

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

• a mouse

• a puppy

• a rabbit

• an older dog

The incident with Candy's dog is most likely used to do which of the following?

• enrage people about animal cruelty so that changes could be made to farm conditions

• highlight the ways that negative peer pressure can make the men do things that they wish the could take back

• help the reader see that Curly's wife can't be trusted

• demonstrate the uncaring nature of the ranch and what happens when someone is not needed/useful