Of Mice and Men Ch. 1-4 Review

Why did George and Lennie have to leave their last job in Weed?

• Lennie was accused of assaulting a woman because he grabbed her dress

• George wanted them to look for a new job where they could make more money

• The farm was abandoned due to Dust Bowl conditions

• Lennie got into a fight with one of the other workers

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What is George and Lennie's dream?

• To own a small farm

• To make enough money to purchase George's childhood home after it was foreclosed on by the bank

• To leave migrant work to live in a big city

• To get rich

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What does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble at the ranch?

• Go back to the riverbank and hide in the brush

• Tell Slim so that he can find George

• Run away and never come back

• Stand his ground and fight

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Crooks's conversation with Lennie in Chapter 4 shows the reader that Crooks...

• is lonely and resents being isolated from the other workers

• is in love with Curley's wife

• never really wanted to work with horses

• would prefer to be left alone all the time

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The person who commands the most respect on the ranch is...

• Slim

• Curley

• the boss

• Candy

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Which group in society is Candy meant to represent?

• Those who are treated as though they are useless due to age or disability

• The downtrodden worker

• The privileged but out-of-touch elite

• Those who are taken advantage of due to intellectual deficiencies

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Who offers to buy in on the farm, bringing George and Lennie closer to their dream than they have ever been?

• Candy

• Carlson

• Slim

• Curley

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What is Lennie's primary concern after he breaks Curley's hand?

• He is worried that George will not let him tend the rabbits

• He thinks that he and George will get fired

• He is afraid that Candy will come back and shoot him

• He is worried that Slim will take back his puppy

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How does Slim convince Curley to say that he got his hand caught in a machine (rather than tell the truth, which is that Lennie broke it)?

• He threatens him with Carlson's gun

• He makes him feel guilty for beating up Lennie, who didn't deserve it

• He says that people will make fun of Curley if they know the truth

• He offers him a bribe

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What threat does Curley's wife make to Crooks?

• She will have him lynched

• She will get him fired

• She will spook the horses while he is working so they trample him

• She will poison him

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