WorksheetsOf Mice and Men: Chapter 4 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
What is the main reason Crooks lives alone in the harness room?
The harness room has a light bulb so he can read at night.
He lost a bet in a horseshoe tournament.
The other men don’t like him being in the bunk-house because he is black.
He is too worried about the horses to be far from them.
What is Crooks doing when Lennie enters his room?
Fixing a harness.
Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.
Reading the California Civil Code for 1905.
Rubbing liniment on his back.
When Crooks asks Lennie why he is in the barn at night, Lennie states, “I come to see my pup” (69). Yet he stays in Crooks’ doorway, even after Crooks says he is not welcome and tells him to go back to the bunk-house. The most likely reason Lennie doesn’t leave is that…
Lennie is hiding from Curley.
Candy made Lennie angry by threatening to harm the rabbits.
George is in town with the men, and Lennie is lonely.
Crooks asked Lennie to help him treat a mule.
Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk?
Slim and Candy
Candy and Carlson
Candy and Curley’s wife
Curley’s wife and Slim
Crooks tells Lennie that “a guy needs somebody- to be near him…A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you” (72). Which literary term would this quotation support?
Simile
Symbol
Theme
Personification
Which answer most accurately describes how Curley’s wife found out that Lennie broke Curley’s hand?
Crooks accidentally lets the information slip.
Candy tells her if she doesn’t watch out, Lennie will break her hand too.
Lennie answers her question honestly.
She sees the bruises on Lennie’s face and puts it together.
When Curley’s wife refuses to leave, Crooks threatens to tell the Boss where she’s been and “ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more” (80). Which answer best summarizes her reaction?
She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged.
She runs away from the ranch.
She meekly backs out of the harness room and returns to the house.
She cries to her father-in-law that the men don’t treat her kindly.
When Candy tells Crooks that what Curley’s wife said was wrong, Crooks replies, “It wasn’t nothing…You guys comin’ in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true” (82). Which statement best summarizes what Crooks “forgot?”
He had chores to do that didn’t get done.
He already has a place to go when he can’t work at the ranch anymore.
He doesn’t like being around people with disabilities.
He will always be treated differently because of the color of his skin.
Which answer best describes George’s reaction when he learns that Candy and Lennie have told Crooks about the farm they plan to buy?
George scowls disapprovingly, and scolds Candy for telling.
George yells at Lennie for never being able to keep his trap shut
George approves, and invites Crooks into the plan.
George pretends it never happened.
Crooks angers Lennie by doing this.
Joking that George might never come back
Taking away his puppy
Telling Lennie he doesn't like him
Telling Lennie to go away and leave him alone
What emotion does Steinbeck allow Crooks to feel very briefly during the section?
Optimism
Hope
Happiness
Confidence
What is the significance of many of the objects in Crooks' room?
They show how little he owns
They can only be used by Crooks
They are broken, like him
They are old and worn out
What is Curley's Wife's response to Candy's answer?
You don't say!
Get outta town!
You liars!
Baloney!
