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WorksheetsOf Mice and Men Chapter 5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Read the following: “ ‘All the guys got a horseshoe tenement goin’ on. It’s on’y about four o’clock. None of them guys is going’ to leave that tenement. Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.’ “(86) What is revealed about Curley’s wife in this passage?
she is usually a very serious person
That she gets lonely only having Curley to talk to.
she is unwilling act as an adult
she has a fear of the other men on the ranch
Which statement below best summarizes the dream Curley’s wife had for her future, before she met Curley?
She wanted to be a famous dancer.
She wanted to go to college to get away from her mother.
She wanted to marry the boy next door.
She wanted to go to Hollywood and be in the movies.
Which answer best describes why Lennie’s puppy has died?
Lennie hit it for nipping at him.
Lennie took it away from its mother too soon.
Slim suffocated it because it was the runt of the litter.
A horse accidentally stepped on it.
In this chapter Lennie tells Curley’s wife that the reason the death of his puppy is so upsetting to him is that now he “won’t get to tend the rabbits”(85). The fact that the loss of imaginary rabbits he never had is more tragic to him than the death of his real pet puppy is an example of…
Metaphor
Allusion
Irony
Personification
The line, "Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages" (31) is an example of which type of figurative language?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Why does Curley’s Wife let Lennie touch her hair?
Lennie is a good listener.
She and Lennie both like to touch soft things.
She realizes that Lennie is nice, and thinks he is harmless.
All of the above.
Which statement best describes how Curley’s Wife dies?
She trips and falls running from Lennie.
Lennie breaks her neck while trying to stop her from screaming.
She suffocates because she can’t breathe with his hand over her mouth.
Lennie frightens her so much she has a heart attack.
Which of these men is the first to find the body of Curley’s Wife?
Candy
Curley
Slim
George
When George realizes that Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, he says, “I guess we gotta get ‘im and’ lock ‘im up. We can’t let ‘im get away. Why, the poor bastard’d starve…Maybe they’ll lock ‘im up and be nice to ‘im” (94). Select the statement below that best summarizes why George can’t just let Lennie run away on his own.
Lennie deserves to be punished for his crime.
George is too annoyed to be bothered taking care of Lennie anymore.
Lennie isn’t capable of caring for himself and George knows that Curley's wife's death was an accident and shouldn't be treated as an intentional murder
George is angry and wants to shoot Lennie in the guts.
What does Carlson think happened to his Luger?
Curley stole it
Lennie stole it
George stole it
A horse stole it
Where does Lennie go at the end of chapter 5?
to Weed
to hide in the brush
to find his Aunt Clara
to the bunkhouse
Which is the most likely reason Curley wants Lennie to suffer when he dies?
Curley wants revenge for his broken hand.
Curley suspects Lennie of having an affair with his wife.
Curley likes and respects Lennie.
Curley is grieving because he loved his wife so much.
At the end of the chapter, Candy tells George he would still buy the farm with him. What is the most reasonable explanation for why George has seemingly changed his mind about wanting the farm at this point in the novel?
He's angry with Lennie.
It was just something he dreamed up mostly for Lennie, and he wouldn't actually want to do it without Lennie.
He blames Candy for what happened.
He is going to have to run away again to avoid trouble.
Fill in the blank: Lennie's inability to control his strength, his quick temper, his difficulty in understanding social cues and his fondness for soft / red items have all been ______ by Steinbeck throughout the novel.
juxtaposed
timed
foreshadowed
Fill in the blank space in this quotation from Chapter 5. Remember to spell correctly and you do not need a capital letter: "the meanness and the plannings and the (a) and the ache for attention were all gone from her face."
