OMAM Chapter 2 Reading Quiz

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1.) What is the setting of chapter 2?

• A loft
• A large, well furnished house
• A bunkhouse
• Out in the fields

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

3.) How does the boss feel about George?

• vengeful
• suspicious
• angry
• loving

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4. ) What does George say to the boss to account for the way Lennie is?

• His Aunt Clara fell while pregnant with him

• He was born that way.

• A horse kicked him in the head

• Lennie suffered an accident when he was a child

7.) Candy (the old swamper) describes Curley’s wife to George and Lennie, saying “she’s got the eye”--what can you infer about the character from this?

• She has an infection
• She is flirtatious
• She has good judgement
• She is evil

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

9.) What advice/directions from chapter 1 does George repeat to Lennie?

• If he gets in trouble to run for the train
• If he gets in trouble hide in the brush where they camped out
• To always tell the truth to the boss
• To never give Curley's wife any attention and to not even look at her

13.) How does Carlson feel about Candy’s (the old swamper) dog?

• He loves it and wants to train it to fetch a ball
• He thinks its smelly and old and should be mercy-killed
• He thinks its smelly and old, but should be allowed in the bunkhouse
• He hates it cause it keeps chewing on his boots

14.) Who is Curley looking for at the end of chapter 2?

• his father
• George and Lennie
• Candy (the old swamper)
• his wife