Honors 9B Final Exam '23

1. Which word most accurately describes the mood of the beginning of chapter 6 of Of Mice and Men?

• a. Tense

• b. Peaceful

• c. Angry

• d. Happy

2. Which paragraph foreshadows Lennie's death?

• a. paragraph 2

• b. paragraph 4

• c. paragraph 5

• d. paragraph 9

3. In paragraph 5, Lennie is characterized as:

• a. innocent

• b. careless

• c. hardworking

• d. sneaky

4. In paragraph 6, Lennie appears as:

• a. a cold killer

• b. a frightened child

• c. a confident criminal

• d. a calm animal

5. Lennie's tone (attitude) can best be described in the first line of paragraph 9 as:

• a. Angry: he knows he has done wrong and is angry that George won't let him tend the rabbits.

• b. Terrified: he thinks the men from the ranch are going to come after him.

• c. Proud: he is happy that he has remembered something that George told him to do.

6. When Lennie hallucinates about the rabbit and Aunt Clara, Lennie's mental defect is shown predominantly through which type of characterization?

• a. Effects: Lennie's effect on Slim.

• b. Looks: Lennie appears disheveled and crazy looking upon entering the scene.

• c. Speech: Lennie seems like he is mentally unhinged because his sentences make very little sense.

• d. Thoughts: Lennie's thoughts are clearly those of a person who is not in a sane state of mind.

7. Which of the following themes best applies to Of Mice and Men?

• a. The loneliness of the time and difficulty connecting with anyone.

• b. The obstacles which prevent the realization of the American Dream.

• c. The need for companionship in the face of an absence of friends.

• d. All of the above.

8. What reason most likely supports why George told Lennie the story again?

• a. He needed to distract Lennie so he could shoot him.
• b. He had to work up his nerve to shoot Lennie.
• c. He wanted Lennie to be happy when he died.
• d. He wasn't going to shoot him until he heard the voices closing in.

9. It can be reasonably inferred that George takes off his hat in paragraph 63 because

• a. He is sweating from the heat.
• b. He is sweating because he is nervous.
• c. He wants to pay his respects to Lennie.
• d. He knows Lennie will do the same as him.

10. Which of the following sentences shows the reason that George shot Lennie?

• a. George no longer felt like taking care of Lennie.
• b. George did not want Lennie to suffer at the hands of Curley and the other men.
• c. George thought Lennie needed to be punished for what he did to Curley's wife.
• d. George did not want Lennie to hurt anyone else.