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OF MICE AND MEN CHAPTER 1 QUIZ

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What type of setting does Steinbeck creat in the this chapter?

a)

Calm, quiet, and hot.

b)

Loud, angry, and freezing.

c)

Dark, angry, and lifeless.

d)

Grey, gloomy, and humid.

2.

What are the similarities between George and Lennie?

a)

George and Lennie are both smart, hard working men.

b)

George and Lennie are dressed the same and both men share a dream for their future.

c)

George has the mind of a child and Lennie acts like his father.

d)

George and Lennie both like to touch soft things.

3.

What are the differences between Lennie and George?

a)

Lennie is strong but has the mind of a child; George's size is regular and he acts like Lennie's parent.

b)

They wear different clothing and only George dreams about having a farm in the future.

c)

George hates mice and rabbits and Lennie loves them both.

d)

George is constantly getting in trouble and Lennie always has to bail him out.

4.

What is George and Lennie's dream?

a)

George and Lennie's dream is to one day own a house in New York City.

b)

George and Lennie's dream is to one day own horses and ride out west.

c)

George and Lennie's dream is to one day own their own business and make a good living.

d)

George and Lennie's dream is to one day own their own farm, with a house, a garden, cattle, hogs, and chickens.

5.

What does George tell Lennie he must do if he gets in trouble.

a)

George tells Lennie to get the sheriff and confess about what he's done.

b)

George tells Lennie to come back to where they're camping, hide in the brush, and wait for him.

c)

George tells Lennie to pretend like nothing's happened and go on about his business.

d)

George tells Lennie to hide in a barn until he comes to get him.

6.
What does Lennie have in his possession that upsets George?
a)
money
b)
his work card
c)
a dead mouse
d)
a rabbit
7.

Of Mice and Men takes place in what time frame?

a)

1930s

b)

1920s

c)

1940s

d)

1910s

8.

Who is the author of 'Of Mice and Men'?

a)

John Steinbeck

b)

J. K. Rowling

c)

Mr. Lucker

d)

J. R. R. Tolkien

9.

Who are the two main characters?

a)

George & Lennie

b)

Ralph and Jack

c)

Bugs and Daffy

d)

]Helios and Daniel

10.
What are George and Lennie going to do someday?
a)
have a little piece of land
b)
have some animals and crops
c)
live off the fat of the land
d)
all of these
11.
Laying down 
a)
Mollify 
b)
Recumbant
c)
Laden
d)
Plaintive 
12.
Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain 
a)
Anguish 
b)
Laden
c)
Mollify 
d)
Irrigation 
13.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


When the girl was stricken with chicken pox, her skin was ______________ with itchy, painful spots.

a)

dignity

b)

gravity

c)

mottled

d)

imperious

14.

What is a bindle?

a)

It is something on a stick used to carry one's belongings or goods

b)

It is something you eat

c)

It is a city in California

d)

A suitcase