OMAM, Ch 4-6

What is the main reason Crooks lives alone in the harness room?

• The harness room has a light bulb so he can read at night.

• He lost a bet in a horseshoe tournament.

• The other men don’t like him being in the bunk-house because he is black.

• He is too worried about the horses to be far from them.

When Crooks asks Lennie why he is in the barn at night, Lennie states, “I come to see my pup” (69). Yet he stays in Crooks’ doorway, even after Crooks says he is not welcome and tells him to go back to the bunk-house. The most likely reason Lennie doesn’t leave is that…

• Lennie is hiding from Curley.

• Candy made Lennie angry by threatening to harm the rabbits.

• George is in town with the men, and Lennie is lonely.

• Crooks asked Lennie to help him treat a mule.

Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk?

• Slim and the boss

• Curley and Slim

• Candy and Curley’s wife

• Curley’s wife and Carlson

Which answer most accurately describes how Curley’s wife found out that Lennie broke Curley’s hand?

• Crooks accidentally lets the information slip.

• Candy tells her if she doesn’t watch out, Lennie will break her hand too.

• Lennie answers her question honestly.

• She sees the bruises on Lennie’s face and puts it together.

When Curley’s wife refuses to leave, Crooks threatens to tell the Boss where she’s been and “ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more” (80). Which answer best summarizes her reaction?

• She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged.

• She runs away from the ranch.

• She meekly backs out of the harness room and returns to the house.

• She cries to her father-in-law that the men don’t treat her kindly.

When Candy tells Crooks that what Curley’s wife said was wrong, Crooks replies, “It wasn’t nothing…You guys comin’ in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true” (82). Which statement best summarizes what Crooks “forgot?”

• He had chores to do that didn’t get done.

• He already has a place to go when he can’t work at the ranch anymore.

• He doesn’t like being around people with disabilities.

• He will always be treated differently because of the color of his skin.

Crooks angers Lennie by doing this.

• Joking that George might never come back

• Taking away his puppy

• Telling Lennie he doesn't like him

• Telling Lennie to go away and leave him alone

Which answer best describes why Lennie’s puppy has died?

• Lennie hit it for nipping at him.

• Lennie took it away from its mother too soon.

• Slim suffocated it because it was the runt of the litter.

• A horse accidentally stepped on it.

Which statement below best summarizes the dream Curley’s wife had for her future, before she met Curley?

• She wanted to be a famous dancer.

• She wanted to marry the boy next door.

• She wanted to go to college to get away from her mother.

• She wanted to go to Hollywood and be in the movies.

Which statement best describes how Curley’s wife dies?

• She trips and falls running from Lennie.

• Lennie breaks her neck while trying to stop her from screaming.

• She suffocates because she can’t breathe with his hand over her mouth.

• Lennie frightens her so much she has a heart attack.