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Of Mice and Men George and Lennie

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is this:

'The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

2.

Who is this:

'A huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

3.

Who is being described here?

'He walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

4.

What technique is Steinbeck using here: 'He walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.'

a)

metaphor

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Hyperbole

5.

George or Lennie: 'flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

6.

What technique is Steinbeck using here: 'drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.'

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Irony

7.

Fill in the blank:

'Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, (a)   approached, drew back, approached again.'

8.

What technique is Steinbeck using here:

'Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master'

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Irony

9.

George or Lennie?

'I wish we'd get the rabbits pretty soon.'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

10.

George or Lennie?

'The hell with the rabbits.'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

11.

Who says this:

'I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time...you do bad things and i got to get you out...you keep me in hot water all the time.'

a)

George

b)

Lennie

12.

Who says this:

'I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you'

a)

George

b)

Lennie