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Of Mice and Men Test Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The vocab word that means marked with spots or smears of color.

a)

mottled

b)

brusque

c)

recumbent

d)

pugnacious

2.

The vocab word that means easy or quick to argue.

a)

reprehensible

b)

pugnacious

c)

wry

d)

aloof

3.

The vocab word that means dry or mocking humor.

a)

wry

b)

morose

c)

aloof

d)

brusque

4.

The vocab word that means causing to be puzzled or confused.

a)

bewilder

b)

mollify

c)

console

d)

avert

5.

The vocab word that means to turn away or prevent.

a)

avert

b)

mollify

c)

console

d)

scuttle

6.

The vocab word that means abrupt or offhand in speech.

a)

disarming

b)

brusque

c)

aloof

d)

wry

7.

The vocab word that means shameful or deserving condemnation.

a)

recumbent

b)

pugnacious

c)

reprehensible

d)

belligerent

8.

The vocab word that means reclining.

a)

mottled

b)

recumbent

c)

belligerent

d)

disarming

9.

The vocab word that means sullen and ill-tempered.

a)

wry

b)

morose

c)

belligerent

d)

pugnacious

10.

The vocab word that means charming.

a)

morose

b)

brusque

c)

disarming

d)

aloof

11.

The vocab word that means cool and distant.

a)

disarming

b)

aloof

c)

wry

d)

pugnacious

12.

The vocab word that means loud and aggressive.

a)

reprehensible

b)

brusque

c)

disarming

d)

belligerent

13.

The vocab word that means to run hurriedly.

a)

scuttle

b)

avert

c)

mollify

d)

console

14.

The vocab word that means to reduce anger or anxiety.

a)

mollify

b)

avert

c)

scuttle

d)

recumbent

15.

The vocab word that means to comfort.

a)

bewilder

b)

console

c)

scuttle

d)

avert

16.

The old swamper who has an old dog and one hand.

a)

Candy

b)

Crooks

c)

Carlson

d)

Curly

17.

The boss' son who's also a boxer.

a)

Carlson

b)

Crooks

c)

Curly

d)

Candy

18.

The callous man who shoots an old dog with his Luger pistol.

a)

Candy

b)

Crooks

c)

Carlson

d)

Curly

19.

The stable buck who has to live by himself in a room attached to the barn.

a)

Candy

b)

Carlson

c)

Crooks

d)

Slim

20.

The skinner that everyone looks up to that gives a puppy to Lenny.

a)

Carlson

b)

Whit

c)

Crooks

d)

Slim

21.

The young man who plays cards with George and recognizes his friend's name in a magazine.

a)

Whit

b)

Carlson

c)

Candy

d)

Slim

22.

The first character to die in the novel.

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Curly's Wife

d)

Candy

23.

The character who wants to tend the rabbits.

a)

Candy

b)

George

c)

Lennie

d)

Curly's Wife

24.

The character that appears to Lennie out of his own imagination as an extension of his own guilty conscience in the final chapter.

a)

George

b)

Aunt Clara

c)

Candy

d)

Curly

25.

The character that is always playing solitaire throughout the novel.

a)

Slim

b)

Carlson

c)

Whit

d)

George

26.

The lit term that refers to a well-known phrase with a figurative meaning, like "beat around the bush."

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

irony

27.

The lit term that refers to a comparison using "like" or "as."

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

symbolism

28.

The lit term that means the opposite of what you'd expect.

a)

irony

b)

metaphor

c)

theme

d)

idiom

29.

The lit term that refers to using human characteristics to describe something that is not human.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

symbolism

d)

personification

30.

The lit term that refers to hints or clues about what will happen later in a novel.

a)

irony

b)

setting

c)

foreshadowing

d)

theme

31.

The lit term that refers to the time and place in which a novel occurs.

a)

setting

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

theme

32.

The lit term that refers to an obvious exaggeration, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

a)

irony

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

simile

33.

The lit term that refers to the central idea explored in a novel.

a)

theme

b)

setting

c)

idiom

d)

symbolism

34.

The lit term that refers to using a physical object to represent an abstract idea, like a boxing glove representing Curly's desire to always fight.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

symbolism

d)

hyperbole

35.

Lennie accidentally kills all of the following except...

a)

a mouse

b)

his puppy

c)

Curly's wife

d)

Candy's dog