Of Mice And Men: Chapters 1 + 2 Question Preview (ID: 27128)


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Which of the following characters is mentally weak but physically strong?
a) George
b) Lennie
c) Candy
d) Curley's Wife

This character takes care of Lennie after his aunt Clara dies.
a) George
b) Lennie
c) Candy
d) Slim

What does Slim have that Lennie wants?
a) a kitten
b) rabbits
c) ketchup
d) a puppy

This character is the owner of a very old sheep dog.
a) Curley
b) Slim
c) Candy
d) the Boss

This character is the ill-tempered son of the boss.
a) Curley
b) Candy
c) Slim
d) Carlson

Where does the story take place?
a) Iowa
b) California
c) Florida
d) Oklahoma

During what US event does the story take place?
a) WWII
b) The Civil War
c) The Great Depression
d) The Revolutionary War

What is the name of the only (living) female character in Of Mice and Men?
a) Candy
b) Jane
c) Curley's Wife
d) Susie

Who wrote Of Mice and Men?
a) Edgar Allan Poe
b) John Steinbeck
c) Richard Connell
d) Liam O'Flaherty

This character is short, but likes to fight guys who are bigger than him.
a) Lennie
b) Curley
c) Slim
d) Candy

Vocab: experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
a) scoff
b) ominously
c) skeptically
d) anguished

Vocab: to make fun of
a) scoff
b) ominously
c) skeptically
d) anguished

Vocab: giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
a) scoff
b) ominously
c) skeptically
d) anguished

What does anguished mean?
a) giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
b) to make fun of
c) experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
d) angry

What does scoff mean?
a) experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
b) giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
c) to make fun of
d) a small hole, such as an opening or gap

What does ominously mean?
a) experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
b) giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
c) to make fun of
d) a long, slender sword

This character often complains about the dog.
a) Carlson
b) Slim
c) Lennie
d) Curley

This character is the jerk-line skinner on the ranch. He is very well-respected and wise.
a) Carlson
b) Curley
c) George
d) Slim

When George and Lennie have a farm someday, Lennie wants to do what?
a) feed the pigs
b) milk the cows
c) tend the rabbits
d) ride the horses

George agreed to take care of Lennie after Lennie's aunt died. What was her name?
a) Clara
b) Cara
c) Karen
d) Claire

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