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WorksheetsOf Mice and Men
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the author of 'Of Mice and Men'?
a)
John Steinbeck
b)
J. K. Rowling
c)
Jane Austen
d)
J. R. R. Tolkien
2.
When is the story set?
a)
1950s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
3.
Where does the story start and finish?
a)
Sabrinas River, Solemum
b)
Salinas River, Soledad
c)
Serpent River, Soledad
d)
Simons River, Solebro
4.
Who are the two main characters?
a)
George Milton & Lennie Small
b)
Mr. & Mrs. Curley
c)
Slim Smith & Crooks Big
d)
John Poe & Lennie Small
5.
What is the name of Curley's wife?
a)
Martha
b)
Clara
c)
Eugenia
d)
She doesn't have a name in the story
6.
Which character is racially discriminated against?
a)
Candy
b)
Curley
c)
Crooks
d)
Slim
7.
What happens between Lennie and Curley?
a)
They fight
b)
They have a baby
c)
They share their dreams
d)
They take over the ranch
8.
Whose dog is shot?
a)
Lennie
b)
Slim
c)
Crooks
d)
Candy
9.
Who is the last character to die?
a)
Candy
b)
Curley's wife
c)
Lennie
d)
George
10.
What is the major theme of the novel?
a)
Loneliness
b)
Death
c)
Love
d)
Power
11.
Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble?
a)
The brush
b)
Under the bridge
c)
The bunkhouse
d)
In a cave
12.
Why is Crooks called Crooks?
a)
He is a criminal
b)
He has a cane
c)
He has a crooked back
d)
He house is crooked
13.
"(He's) pretty handy. He done a bit in the ring. He's a lightweight, and he's handy." Who is being described here?
a)
Curley
b)
Candy
c)
Carlson
d)
Slim
14.
What does Slim give to Lennie?
a)
A kitten
b)
A dollar
c)
A pup
d)
A slap
15.
Who shoots Candy's dog?
a)
Slim
b)
Curley
c)
George
d)
Carlson
16.
"An' rabbits (...) An' I take care of 'em. Tell how I'd do that ..." Who said this?
a)
Candy
b)
George
c)
Crooks
d)
Lennie
17.
"I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." Who said this?
a)
Lennie
b)
Carlson
c)
Candy
d)
George
18.
Why was Slim angry with Curley?
a)
Curley accused him of seeing his wife
b)
He didn't harness up the mules
c)
Curley tried to punch him
d)
He shot Candy's dog
19.
What is Lennie's dream?
a)
To tend the rabbits
b)
To have his own house
c)
To earn his own money
d)
To live alone
20.
What is Lennie's obsession?
a)
To pet soft things
b)
To play with mice
c)
To be alone
d)
To touch hair
21.
The story took place during
a)
The Renaissance
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Great Awakening
d)
The Recession
22.
What was Lennie's problem with animals?
a)
He kept too many.
b)
He would not clean up their messes.
c)
He was afraid of them.
d)
He petted them to death.
23.
What did Lennie want with his beans?
a)
ketchup
b)
mustard
c)
mayonaise
d)
none of these
24.
Lennie needed someone to help him because
a)
He had a broken leg.
b)
He was weak.
c)
He had a mental disability.
d)
None of these
25.
What are the three types of persuasion?
a)
logos, ethos, pathos
b)
sun, moon, stars
c)
astrology, astronomy, astrophysics
d)
none of these
26.
Logos is
a)
emotional
b)
credibility
c)
logical
d)
none of these
27.
Ethos is
a)
logical
b)
credibility
c)
emotional
d)
none of these
28.
Pathos is
a)
credibility
b)
emotional
c)
logical
d)
none of these
29.
The reader gains an early indication of Lennie’s problem when
a)
he admits to George that he can’t read traffic signs
b)
he forgets his own name
c)
we learn about the dead mouse in his pocket
d)
he forgets where they are going
30.
George would make Lennie feel bad by
a)
telling him what a burden Lennie is to him
b)
teasing him about the rabbit farm
c)
refusing to give him any spending money
31.
What does Lennie say he can do if George does not want him around anymore?
a)
he says he can get his own farm
b)
he says he can go off into the hills and find a cave
c)
he says he can get a job away from George
32.
George and Lennie felt that they were different from other itinerant ranch hands because they
a)
had desirable skills
b)
could look after each other
c)
liked to put roots down in one place
d)
worked well together
33.
George explained Lennie’s problem to everyone by saying
a)
he had been the victim of a childhood disease
b)
his parents kept him out of school
c)
he had been kicked in the head by a horse
d)
he ate paint chips as a child
34.
What excites Lennie the most about his dream life with George?
a)
he will get to tend rabbits
b)
he will get to use a stove
c)
he will get to have a garden
35.
What does George say he could do if he were alone?
a)
go to a “cat house”
b)
drink whiskey all night
c)
play cards at a pool hall all night
d)
all of the above
36.
What does Lennie finally do when Curley punches him, with George’s insistence?
a)
he does not fight back at all
b)
he begins to weep
c)
he attempts to strangle Curley
d)
he crushes Curley’s hand
37.
The lowest man in the ranch hierarchy was
a)
Candy, the swamper
b)
Crooks, the stable buck
c)
Slim, the jerkline skinner
d)
Carlson, the ranch hand
38.
Curley’s wife precipitated her own death by
a)
enticing Lennie down to the river bank
b)
inviting Lennie to stroke her hair
c)
giving Lennie the eye in front of her husband
39.
What does George say to Lennie before shooting him?
a)
he tells him that he’s done a bad thing
b)
he tells him to think of the farm they are going to get
c)
he tells him to think of a rabbit
40.
George felt that he had to carry out the execution
a)
as retribution for Lennie’s crime
b)
before the other men would get to Lennie and torture him
c)
since Lennie had ruined their future
41.
What is the difference between George shooting Lennie and Curley shooting Lennie?
a)
Curley wants to shoot Lennie in the guts and make him suffer
b)
George wants to shoot Lennie in the back of the head so he doesn’t suffer
c)
George wants to shoot Lennie out of kindness
d)
all of these
42.
How was George different from a typical ranch worker in the story?
a)
He stays at each job for over a year
b)
He lacks experience
c)
He has a traveling companion
d)
He has a family
43.
A particular point in events or time
a)
Juncture
b)
Ominous
c)
Recumbant
d)
Scowl
44.
Laying down
a)
Mollify
b)
Recumbant
c)
Laden
d)
Plaintive
45.
To have a gloomy or threatening look
a)
Anguish
b)
Irrigation
c)
Scowl
d)
Mollify
46.
The artificial application of water to land to assist in production of crops
a)
Scowl
b)
Juncture
c)
Mollify
d)
Irrigation
47.
Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
a)
Anguish
b)
Laden
c)
Mollify
d)
Irrigation
48.
Burden; loaded down
a)
Recumbant
b)
Laden
c)
Mollify
d)
Plaintive
49.
Expressing a prolonged thought
a)
Contemplative
b)
Limited
c)
Plaintive
d)
Mollify
50.
Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
a)
Plaintive
b)
Contemplate
c)
Laden
d)
Juncture
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