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Of Mice and Men

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the story end?

a)

in Weed

b)

in Texas

c)

in the same place it started

d)

at the ranch

2.

Which character is mentally disabled

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Curly

d)

CW

3.

Who says, "Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake an’ then they blow it in. They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Candy

d)

Slim

4.

Who said, "But not us,” he said. “Because—” “Because I got you an’—” “An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

the Rabbit

d)

Crooks

5.

Why was Curly's Wife nameless throughout?

a)

Steinbeck wanted us to know her just as the men treated her- a tart and insignificant.

b)

Here name was Clara

c)

He couldn't remember it

d)

He wanted us to see her through Lennie's eyes

6.

What was Lennie's last name?

a)

Milton

b)

Spiegel

c)

Brown

d)

Small

7.

What was noble about Slim?

a)

He was unbiased and fair.

b)

He was handsome and tall

c)

He had a bad temper

d)

He was a good skinner

8.

What did CW want most through the novel?

a)

To be a hooker

b)

To get rich

c)

friends and attention

d)

to cause trouble

9.

What was ironic about how CW died?

a)

She was poor when she died

b)

She ate too much to stay slim

c)

She finally found a friend, who killed her.

d)

She masked her secret ambition

10.

Which characters proved to be coldhearted and callous?

a)

Candy

b)

Curly

c)

Crooks

d)

Carlson

11.

What is the definition of theme?

a)

the place and time of a story

b)

figurative language

c)

a topic sentence in a paragraph

d)

the main idea or message

12.

Who kills George?

a)

Lennie

b)

CW

c)

Crooks

d)

George doesn't get killed

13.

A possible theme of OMM could be

a)

It's better to kill than be killed

b)

Life is beautiful but also tragic

c)

Death comes to everybody

d)

Nature doesn't care or have feelings

14.

What did Lennie have trouble doing?

a)

Tending rabbits

b)

Listening to Aunt Clara

c)

Milking cows

d)

Remembering things

15.

Where and when did this novel take place?

a)

Alberta, Canada in 1800s

b)

In Northern Calif. 1930s

c)

In Soledad, 1960s

d)

In France, Ice Age

16.

What is pathos?

a)

the greek word for anger

b)

the greek word for sorrow

c)

the Italian word for pepperoni

d)

a term referring to laws

17.

What was not one of Crooks's concerns?

a)

His health

b)

Slim's puppies

c)

Moving to a farm

d)

Learning to read

18.

Which of these did not die in the novel?

a)

a water snake

b)

Curly's wife

c)

Candy's dog

d)

Lennie's pup

e)

Slim

19.

Which is an example of building imagery?

a)

Lennie removed his hat dutifully and laid it on the ground in front of him. The shadow in the valley was bluer, and the evening came fast. On the wind the sound of crashing in the brush came to them.

b)

Go on, George. Ain’t you gonna give me no more hell?”

“No,” said George. “Well, I can go away,” said Lennie. “I’ll go right off in the hills an’ find a cave if you don’ want me.”

c)

We gonna get a little place.” “We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens . . . . an’ down the flat we’ll have a . . . . little piece alfalfa—”

d)

He looked at the back of Lennie’s head, at the place where the spine and skull were joined. A man’s voice called from up the river, and another man answered.

20.

Historical fiction is the___________ of this novel.

a)

genre

b)

element

c)

subject

d)

topic