WorksheetsMiceMen Chap5-6 Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Lennie accidentally ________ his new puppy.
a)
hurts
b)
loses
c)
kills
d)
injures
2.
Who enters while Lennie is petting his dead puppy?
a)
Curley, looking to fight again
b)
Curley's wife, looking for attention
c)
Slim, looking to punish Lennie
d)
George, looking to punish Lennie
3.
Curley's wife reveals she is _________ in her marriage and lonely, which explains why she acts how she does, making the readers feel bad for her instead of thinking she's a tart.
a)
unhappy
b)
thrilled
c)
abused
4.
Curley's wife lets Lennie stroke her ________, but he gets carried away and won't stop when she screams.
a)
dress
b)
pet bunny
c)
cheek
d)
hair
5.
True or False: Lennie purposefully snaps Curley's wife's neck to make her shut up because he is angry.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
George and the other men look for Lennie; George (and the readers) knows that Lennie is _______, but the other men don't know (dramatic irony).
a)
hiding in the brush
b)
dead
c)
run away to Weed
d)
hiding in the barn loft
7.
The final chapter, like every chapter, starts with a description of the ___________.
a)
setting.
b)
characters.
8.
While in the brush by the river waiting for George to come, Lennie thinks about two comforts:
a)
Aunt Clara and an enormous rabbit
b)
George and the farm land
c)
several rabbits and Aunt Clara
d)
puppies and rabbits
9.
True or False: Curley finds Lennie before anyone else and kills him.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
To comfort Lennie, George tells him about __________ one last time.
a)
the farm
b)
Aunt Clara
c)
mice and men
d)
Slim's puppy being in heaven
11.
True or False: George shot Lennie in the front of the head to put him out of his misery.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Who is the only person who undersatnds what Lennie's burden has cost George?
a)
Slim
b)
Candy
c)
Carlson
d)
Crooks
13.
wild with fear
a)
gingham
b)
hunches
c)
frantic
d)
belligerent
14.
hostile and agressive
a)
belligerent
b)
frantic
c)
retort
d)
monotonous
15.
to answer back sharply, angrily, or cheekily
a)
monotonous
b)
emphasis
c)
gingham
d)
retort
16.
flat and dull
a)
retort
b)
monotonous
c)
haunches
d)
frantic
17.
white checked cotton cloth
a)
haunches
b)
monotonous
c)
gingham
d)
belligerent
18.
the thighs and buttocks
a)
gingham
b)
frantic
c)
emphasis
d)
haunches
19.
stress placed on a word to show importance
a)
frantic
b)
monotonous
c)
retort
d)
emphasis
20.
confused
a)
cautious
b)
confide
c)
bewildered
d)
vicious
21.
extremely violent or cruel
a)
earnest
b)
writhe
c)
vicious
d)
bewildered
22.
to wriggle
a)
earnest
b)
write
c)
bewildered
d)
confide
23.
to trust someone with a secret
a)
confide
b)
cautious
c)
console
d)
bewilder
24.
careful; attentive to danger
a)
confide
b)
cautious
c)
earnest
d)
vicious
25.
serious and sincere
a)
bewildered
b)
cautious
c)
earnest
d)
console
26.
to comfort
a)
console
b)
writhe
c)
confide
d)
earnest
27.
One theme from the novel is the American dream is not always achievable.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Another theme from the novel is George and Lennie do not get their American dream.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Another theme is the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry/wrong.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The poem "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns is the reason John Steinbeck named the novel Of Mice and Men.
a)
True
b)
False
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