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Mice and Men part 1 (to page 19)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are George and Lennie like?

a)
  • George is huge and kind; Lennie is cruel and has a mental disability.

b)
  • George is small and wiry; Lennie is huge and has a mental disability.

c)

Lennie is small and wiry; George is huge and has a mental disability.

d)

Lennie is huge and mean; George is small and has a mental disability.

2.

What does Lennie do with the mouse he is carrying in his pocket?

a)
  • He throws it across the stream.

b)

He sets it free it in the woods.

c)
  • He accidentally crushed it to death petting it.

d)

He scares George with it and they both laugh.

3.

What is the name of the town that George and Lennie fled?

a)

Soledad

b)

Salinas

c)

Weed

d)

The book did not say

4.

Why did they have to leave the last farm in Weed?

a)

It doesn't say in the book.

b)

Lennie killed too many mice.

c)

George stole from the boss.

d)
  • Lennie wouldn’t let go of a girl’s pretty dress.

5.

What does George say his life would be like without Lennie?

a)
  • He’d be lonely and have no one to share his dreams with.

b)
  • He’d have a girlfriend and no worries and his life would be much easier.

c)

He’d give up ranching and become a sheriff.

d)

He’d move back to Weed and buy a small house.

6.

What excites Lennie the most about his dream life with George?

a)

He will learn how to farm.

b)

The big stove that they'll be able to cook on.

c)

He will get to tend the rabbits.

d)

He will be able to go to the circus without permission from the boss.

7.

When will Lennie get to tend rabbits?

a)
  • When they go to work at the new farm

b)

When Aunt Clara buys them for him.

c)
  • When they buy themselves a farm of their own

d)

When the boss brings them to the farm.

8.

Where does the story start?

a)

On a ranch

b)

On the road as they leave the bus.

c)

With a description of a beautiful pool surrounded by greenery and trees.

d)

In a place called Soledad.

9.

What did Lennie want with his supper?

a)

Some sausages

b)

Somoe salt

c)

Some beer

d)

Some ketchup

10.

What does George tell Lennie to do when they get to the ranch?

a)

Work as hard as he can

b)

Tell the boss about his work experience

c)

Ask for the top bunk

d)

Keep quiet

11.

What does George say bout the other guys that work on ranches.

a)

He wants to be like them and get rid of Lennie

b)

They are lonely and have got nobody.

c)

They are all mean people.

d)

They don't know how to spend money.

12.

What does live of the fat of the land mean?

a)

To live a poor life only getting just enough to eat.

b)

To live very well by enjoying the best things that are available without having to work hard to get those things.

c)

To get overweight from eating too many high calorie foods.

d)

To live by only eating honey and cream.