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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 4

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the black stable buck?
a)

Candy

b)

Crooks 

c)

Carlson

d)

Curley

2.

Stable buck is a–

a)

man who takes care of puppies in a barn.

b)

man who takes care of cows in a barn.

c)

man who cleans and takes care of the harnesses for horses or mules in a big barn.

3.

What is Crooks doing when Lennie enters his room?

a)

Fixing a harness.

b)

Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.

c)

Reading the California Civil Code for 1905.

d)

Rubbing liniment on his back.

4.

What is the main reason Crooks lives alone in the harness room?

a)

The harness room has a light bulb so he can read at night.

b)

He lost a bet in a horseshoe tournament.

c)

The other men don’t like him being in the bunk-house because he is black.

d)

He is too worried about the horses to be far from them.

5.

Who wanders into Crooks' room after seeing the light?

a)

Candy

b)

Lennie

c)

Curley's Wife

d)

Slim

6.

Why do the men avoid Curley's wife?

a)

Because she is wanted for murder

b)

Because she isn't nice

c)

Because they fear that Curley will beat them up if he catches them near her

d)

They don't avoid her, she avoids them

7.

True or False: Curley's wife believes Candy when he tells her that Curley's hand got stuck in a machine.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: Curley's wife hates staying at home all day.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
Crooks angers Lennie by supposing what idea?
a)
that Lennie is not smart
b)
that George doesn't really like Lennie
c)
that George is gambling all of their money away
d)
that George isn't coming back 
10.
Curley's wife asks  about what happened to Lennie's face after they won't talk about what happened to Curley's hand. He messes up by responding with what phrase?
a)
"I like beans with ketchup".
b)
"He got it caught in a machine"
c)
"I ain't supposed to talk to you."
d)
"He punched me first"
11.

What does Curley's wife call Lennie?

a)

A savage

b)

A coward

c)

A machine

d)

A maniac

12.
Crooks' conversation with Lennie shows us that Crooks is
a)
hungry
b)
dumb
c)
lonely
d)
kind
13.

Lennie and Crook's common bond is that they are both-

a)

lonely

b)

physically handicapped

c)

incapable of playing cards

14.

Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk?

a)

Slim and the boss

b)

Curley and Slim

c)

Candy and Curley’s wife

d)

Curley’s wife and Carlson