WorksheetsOMM Test Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Idiom: What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can"?
bring a can of food
get fired
throw something away
recycle
Which statement best describes George?
A huge man with a shapeless face, large eyes and wide, sloping shoulders
A stooped man with a hunchback
A small and quick man with a dark face, restless eyes, and strong features
A heavy man with pale eyes and a large nose
Which statement best describes Lennie?
A short, quick man with a bad temper
A small man with a dark face, restless eyes, and strong features
An intelligent man
A huge man with a shapeless face, large eyes and wide, sloping shoulders
“A water snake slipped along the pool, its head held up like a little periscope” is an example of…
metaphor
irony
allusion
simile
Which statement best summarizes what George would like to do if he was alone and didn’t have to watch over Lennie?
He would sleep-in rather than getting up for work every day.
He would take his fifty bucks, visit a cathouse, drink whisky and shoot pool at the end of each month.
He would get married to his high school sweetheart.
He would travel around the world.
Where did George and Lennie work before coming to the ranch?
Monterey
Weed
Salinas
Soledad
Which statement best characterizes Curley?
He is the boss’s son and a lightweight fighter.
He is a thin young man with tightly curled hair who wears a glove on his left hand.
He hates big guys and is always picking scraps with them.
All of the above
Who first greeted George and Lennie at the Bunkhouse?
Curley
Carlson
Candy
the boss
Before George started watching out for Lennie, Lennie was cared for by…
His mother
His Aunt Clara
His best friend, Andy
His father
Which statement best describes Candy’s reaction to the death of his dog?
He is glad to finally be rid of the dog.
He is quiet and sad as he lies on his bunk staring at the ceiling and the wall.
He can’t wait to get a new dog.
He is happy about it.
Which best describes the relationship between Curley and his wife?
He loves her.
He wants to divorce her.
He hopes she’s unfaithful to him so he can beat somebody up.
He doesn’t seem to trust her; he is always searching for her on the ranch to see what she is up to.
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.
An old woman and a giant rabbit speak to Lennie by the river. The best explanation for the cruel things that they say is that…
Lennie’s own mind tortures him by repeating hurtful words he has heard.
Lennie’s Aunt Clara isn’t really dead.
George is behind a tree throwing his voice to trick Lennie.
Lennie is playing a make-believe game to pass the time.
Where did George get the gun he uses to shoot Lennie?
George borrowed Slim’s rifle.
He took Crooks’ shotgun from the harness room.
George had his own .22 caliber pistol hidden in his bindle.
He took Carlson’s Luger from the bunkhouse.
Why is it significant that when George is preparing to shoot Lennie, that he “looked at the back of Lennie’s head, at the place where the spine and skull were joined?” (105).
There is no significance to this.
George just looks there because Lennie took off his hat.
A shot to this spot would cause instant, almost painless death.
George is contemplating suicide.
Before George pulls the trigger, he tells Lennie about the little place they’re going to have and the rabbits he will tend. Which statement is the most likely reason George tells Lennie this white lie?
George is so used to lying to Lennie that it just slips out.
George wants Lennie’s last moments to be happy, not fearful.
George isn’t lying. He still thinks the dream farm is possible.
George is getting back at Lennie for all the trouble he’s caused.
Before he shoots Lennie, George also says that soon, “Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” The most likely place George is referring to is…
The insane asylum.
Lennie’s jail cell.
The farm.
The afterlife
Which statement best describes Slim’s reaction Lennie’s death?
He threatens to turn George in to the sheriff for murder.
He slaps George on the back for taking care of things like a man.
He is shocked and wants nothing to do with George.
He tries to reassure George that he really had no other choice.
Lennie's death most likely prevented further suffering because...
Curley would have killed Lennie in a horrific and painful way
If Lennie was taken alive, he'd just sit in alone and scared in a jail cell for the rest of his life
If he somehow escaped, he'd possibly hurt someone else by accident
All of the above
What happened to Lennie's puppy?
it ran away
Lennie killed it
George got rid of it
it destroyed George's hat
Who discovers Curley's wife?
George
Curley
Slim
Candy
Which of the following is the most typical reason why a person may wish to choose euthanasia?
For no particular reason than they are just bored of living.
They have a very poor quality of life because of illness or injury.
They don't like their neighbours.
I don't know.
What is meant by "quality of life"?
I don't know
That life is holy and sacred.
That life is perfect.
That life must have a minimum quality in order for it to be worthwhile.
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, etc.
privilege
discrimination
marginalization
oppressoin
The treatment of a person or a group as unimportant or on the side.
privilege
discrimination
marginalization
oppression
The idea that humans can be categorized into groups based on skin color and physical appearance
race
class
gender
privilege
Where did Steinbeck find inspiration for his book title?
A poem called "To a Mouse"
He'd accidentally killed a mouse petting it
He was watching reruns of Tom and Jerry
He worried that mice would take over men
42. "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again . . .." (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)
personification
apostrophe
anaphora
juxtaposition
