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Of Mice and Men

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?

a)

1920s

b)

1930s

c)

1940s

d)

1950s

2.

In which state is the story set?

a)

California

b)

Oaklahoma

c)

Texas

d)

Utah

3.

Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy's dog?

a)

He thinks the dog is mean

b)

He thinks the dog is ugly and reminds him of a drowned rat

c)

The dog is too old to be of any use and stinks

d)

He just hates dogs. He's more of a cat guy.

4.

From whom does Candy seek advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?

a)

Ceoge

b)

Whit

c)

Curly

d)

Slim

5.

How did Crooks get his name?

a)

He has a crooked smile

b)

He has a crooked back

c)

He spent time in jail for stealing

d)

Who knows and who cares

6.

Disappointed with her life, Curley's wife wonders where she would be if she had become...

a)

a school teacher

b)

an actress

c)

a nurse

d)

a veterinarian

7.

George and Lennie are different from the other men because...

a)

they look out for each other.

b)

they have more specialized skills.

c)

they like to stay a long time at each job they take.

d)

they have inherited money from Aunt Clara.

8.

In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?

a)

Whit

b)

Crooks

c)

Candy

d)

Curley's wife

9.

When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary technique is he using?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Narration

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Irony

10.

After killing Curley's wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?

a)

Aunt Clara and Lennie's mother

b)

George and a giant rabbit

c)

Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit

d)

George and Lennie's mother

11.

Which of the characters checks the dead body of Curley's wife for vital signs?

a)

Slim

b)

Crooks

c)

Curley

d)

Carlson

12.

Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?

a)

Carlson's

b)

Whit's

c)

Slim's

d)

Curley's

13.

Of Mice and Men was first published in 1937.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Curley keeps Vaseline in one of his gloves to help soothe an old boxing injury.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

George is the first person to discover the dead body of Curley's wife.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Candy will still go and buy the small farm on his own; he isn't going to be deterred by George and Lennie.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Whit reads aloud a letter to the editor he wrote that was published in a Western magazine.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Curley always carries a bull whip to show that he has more power than the regular working men on the ranch.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

While Candy announces the death of Curley's wife, George goes to the ranch house and steals Curley's gun.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Before shooting Lennie, George tells Lennie that he's sorry and that he was never really mad at Lennie.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Lennie is described as a terrier, a bull, a horse, and a bear.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Lennie's last name is Milton

a)

True

b)

False

23.

George and Lennie spent a total of 8 days on the ranch.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Both Crooks' alarm clock and his single-barreled shotgun could be seen as symbols of his loneliness.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Author John Steinbeck uses this story to examine both the predatory nature of humanity and the impossibility of the American Dream.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which event happened first?

a)

Lennie scares the girl in the red dress in the town of Weed.

b)

Lennie breaks Curley's hand

c)

Lennie accidentally kills his puppy.

d)

Lennie has two hallucinations.

27.

Which event happens last?

a)

Candy's dog is shot and killed.

b)

Lennie has two hallucinations.

c)

The bus driver lies to George and Lennie.

d)

Lennie accidentally kills his puppy.

28.

Who said this line?: "I ought to of shot that dog myself."

a)

George

b)

Curley

c)

Candy

d)

Slim

29.

Who said this line?: "Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their heads. They're all the time talkin' about it, but it's just in their heads."

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Candy

d)

Crooks

30.

Who said this line?: "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy."

a)

George

b)

Candy

c)

Curley

d)

Whit

31.

The structure of the novel most resembles a

a)

Letter

b)

Play

c)

Newspaper Article

d)

Diary

32.

Who said this line?: "We could live offa the fatta the lan'."

a)

Lennie

b)

George

c)

Slim

d)

Candy

33.

Who said this line?: "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

a)

Candy

b)

Curly

c)

Crooks

d)

Smitty

34.

Who said this line?: "If I catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an you won't talk. Just nothing but mad."

a)

Curley's mom

b)

Curley's wife

c)

Aunt Clara

d)

Slim's wife

35.

Who said this line?: "Bus driver give us a bum steer...we hadda walk ten miles."

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Whit

d)

Slim

36.

Who said this line?: "What the hell you laughin' at?"

a)

Whit

b)

Crooks

c)

George

d)

Curley

37.

Who said this line?: "You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda."

a)

Curley

b)

Lennie

c)

Slim

d)

Carlson

38.

Who said this line?: "But not us! An' why? Because...I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why!"

a)

Lennie

b)

George

c)

Candy

d)

Curley's wife

39.

Who said this line?: "I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would."

a)

George

b)

Lennie

c)

Smitty

d)

Carlson

40.

Lennie likes mustard on his beans.

a)

True

b)

False