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Penney's Of Mice and Men Chapters 1 & 2 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the two main characters going?

a)

To the city.

b)

To work on a ranch.

c)

To work in a factory.

d)

To buy some land.

2.

Identify the figurative language:

"Lennie drank with long gulps, snorting the water like a horse."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

3.

What did Lennie have in his pocket that George took away from him?

a)

Candy.

b)

Money.

c)

His work card.

d)

A mouse.

4.

The first chance George gets he will get Lennie a _______ ?

a)

rabbit.

b)

ranch.

c)

puppy.

d)

mouse.

5.

Where was Lennie's work card?

a)

In his pocket

b)

He lost it

c)

Didn't have one.

d)

George had it.

6.

Why did Aunt Clara stop giving mice to Lennie?

a)

He lost them.

b)

He would kill them.

c)

They smelled bad.

d)

They bit Lennie.

7.

Lennie got into trouble at his last job because he......

a)

grabbed a girl's dress.

b)

raped a woman.

c)

killed a man.

d)

drank too much beer.

8.

Swamper, farmhand, crippled arm, has an old dog.

a)

Slim

b)

Crooks

c)

Curley

d)

Candy

9.

Former professional boxer, quick to argue, son of the boss and hates big guys.

a)

Crooks

b)

Curley

c)

Carlson

d)

Slim

10.

When they first come to work, George says Lennie is his ...

a)

friend.

b)

brother.

c)

cousin.

d)

he doesn't know him.

11.
What is the name of Curley's wife?
a)
Clara
b)
Curletta
c)
Colleen
d)
No name is given
12.

What SIMILE does George use to describe Lennie?

a)

As cuckoo as a clock.

b)

As strong as a bull.

c)

As lazy as a cow.

d)

Mean like a bear.

13.

What do the men think of Curley's wife?

a)

They think she is a "tart".

b)

They pity her for her marriage to Curley.

c)

They think she married Curley for money.

d)

They suspect she is pregnant.

14.
A hint or a clue about something that will happen later in the story is called...
a)
personication
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
foreshawdowing
15.

Identify the animals in the opening description of the setting in Of Mice and Men.

a)

Lizard, cows, rabbits, raccoons, dogs, deer.

b)

Rabbits, raccoons, dog, deer, snake.

c)

Lizard, rabbits, raccoons, dogs, deer.

d)

Lizard, raccoon, deer, snake.

16.
What year was 'Of Mice and Men' written?
a)
1934
b)
1935
c)
1936
d)
1937
17.

Complete this quotation:

"With us it ain't like that. We got a ............. We got ...............to talk to that gives a damn about us".

a)

friendship / a friend

b)

dream / a friend

c)

goal / somebody

d)

future / somebody

18.

Of Mice and Men is a ...

a)

novel

b)

essay

c)

novella

d)

documentary

e)

short story

19.

Of Mice and Men was written by ...

a)

Mark Twain

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

William Faulkner

d)

Jack London

20.

Of Mice and Men gets its title from a poem titled ...

a)

"I'm Sorry Mouse"

b)

"Where Are You, Mouse?"

c)

"A Mouse's House"

d)

"To a Mouse"