WorksheetsOf Mice and Men Book Test
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 46mins
Of Mice and Men was first published in what year?
1919
1962
1937
1939
What is the name of the town from which George and Lennie are fleeing when the story opens?
Weed
Salinas
Soledad
Name unknown
What excites Lennie most about his dream life with George?
He will learn to farm.
He will tend the rabbits.
They will find "purty" girls and settle down.
They will strike it rich panning for gold.
Why is Candy unable to imagine getting rid of his old dog?
The dog is a fine watchdog.
He makes too much money breeding it.
He promised his wife on her death bed that he would take care of it.
He's had it since it was a pup.
Why does Curley wear a Vaseline-filled glove on one hand?
He wants to keep his hand soft for his wife.
His hand was mangled in a piece of farm equipment.
He is soothing an old boxing injury.
He is incredibly vain.
Why does Carlson insist on shooting Candy’s dog?
The dog has attacked several people.
Carlson is mean-spirited and drunk.
Carlson believes the dog is too old and decrepit to be of any use.
Carlson hates dogs.
Whit enters the bunkhouse with a magazine featuring a man he used to work with. Why is the man in the magazine?
He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication.
He was an undercover journalist, who wrote a piece exposing the difficult working conditions of migrant farmers.
He is a fugitive, the subject of a nationwide manhunt.
He recently bought a farm much like the one George and Lennie hope to own.
What is Old Susy’s place?
A restaurant
A saloon
George's mother's home
A flophouse
Who discovers Curley’s dead wife?
George
Curley
Candy
Carlson
What does Curley wear to set himself apart from the other men?
A denim jacket
High-heeled boots
A bull whip
Gloves
Who cared for Lennie before George?
Lennie's Aunt Clara
Lennie's mother
George's Aunt Clara
George's mother
What does Curley’s wife offer to let Lennie touch?
Her dress
Her face
Her hand
Her hair
To whom does Candy look for advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?
Lennie
Crooks
Slim
The boss
How does Steinbeck foreshadow the death of Curley’s wife?
He dresses the woman in fancy red shoes.
He opens the chapter in which she dies with Lennie petting his dead puppy.
He gives her a moving speech in which she admits her dream of being a movie star.
He points out several times that Lennie doesn't like her.
How did Crooks get his name?
He was born with it.
He has a crooked back.
He served time in jail for robbery.
He has a crooked smile.
Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
Carlson's
Slim's
Curley's
Candy's
What does George say to Lennie before shooting him?
He tells Lennie that he is a bad man and that he deserves to die.
He tells Lennie that he has no other choice but to shoot him since it's the law.
He tells Lennie the story of their farm.
He tells Lennie he's sorry that he let him down.
When Lennie drops down next to the pool of water as the story opens, what is George’s advice to him?
He tells him to drink up now because there's no telling when they'll find water again.
He tells him to bathe.
He tells him to wash his hands after playing with the dead mouse.
He tells him not to drink too much water to avoid getting sick.
Who is the only man to understand the bond between Lennie and George?
Crooks
Curley
Slim
No one understood their bond.
After killing Curley’s wife, which of the following pairs does Lennie imagine appears to chastise his behavior?
Aunt Clara and his mother
Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
George and Curley
George and Curley's wife
Whom do Lennie and George agree to let live on their farm?
Candy
Curley's wife
Old Susy
Slim
Why doesn’t Crooks allow Lennie to enter his room at first?
Because Lennie isn't much of a conversationalist and Crooks enjoys talking long into the night
Because he fears Lennie's strength
Because he says a white man shouldn't be allowed in his room since he is not allowed in the white men's bunkhouse
Because he prefers to keep to himself
Disappointed with her life, Curley’s wife wonders where she would be if she had followed her dreams and become which of the following things?
An actress
A schoolteacher
A showgirl
A nurse
