$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
$100
The first person George and
Lennie meet on the ranch is
________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Curley
Candy
Slim
The Boss
$100
B. Candy
$200
What does the stable buck
spend his time doing?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Drinking
Reading
Gambling
Sweeping
$200
B. Reading
$300
What does Slim remind
Carlson to take when he
leaves the bunkhouse with
Candy’s dog?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A flashlight
A gun
A shovel
An axe
$300
C. A shovel
$400
Why does Curley’s wife feel lonely and
suffocated on the ranch?
A. She was not allowed to have a life or
an identity of her own.
B. She was a “tart” and was not happy
unless she was causing trouble.
C. She had been a movie star and could
not stand the rustic, smelly, ranch life
D. Curley insulted her in front of the
ranchers and teased her about her
looks.
$400
A. She was not allowed to
have a life or an identity of
her own.
$500
Which of the following is NOT significant
about George’s speech to Lennie?
A. George has given the speech many
times, showing the determination they
have for the dream.
B. George’s dreams for the future
contrast with their current situation.
C. The speech demonstrates Lennie’s
obsession with simple things.
D. The speech foreshadows George and
Lennie’s future together.
$500
D. The speech
foreshadows George and
Lennie’s future together.
$100
In the beginning of the story,
what does Lennie ask for that
angers George?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Beans
Ketchup
Rabbits
A puppy
$100
B. Ketchup
$200
Why do George and Lennie have to
leave Weed?
A. He was accused of rape.
B. Lennie killed the farmer’s dog.
C. He accidentally killed the boss’
son’s wife.
D. Lennie and George were fired.
$200
A. He was accused of rape.
$300
How was George different from a
typical ranch worker in the story?
A. He stayed at each job for a year
or longer.
B. He lacked experience bucking
barley.
C. He had his own land and family.
D. He had a traveling companion.
$300
D. He had a traveling
companion.
$400
According to Curley’s wife,
under what condition do the
men speak to her?
A. When no-one else is around.
B. When Curley is not around.
C. When she behaves like a
“proper wife.”
D. When she gives them the
“eye.”
$400
A. When no-one else is
around.
$500
What does George tell Lennie
before he shoots him?
A. He tells Lennie that he could
live so easily without him.
B. He apologizes to Lennie.
C. He tells Lennie that he can
tend the rabbits.
D. He tells Lennie that they’re
going to the ranch right now.
$500
D. He tells Lennie
that they’re going
to the ranch right
now.
$100
Lennie “…drank with long
gulps, snorting into the
water like a horse.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
$100
A. Simile
$200
“A dove’s wings whistled over
the water.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
$200
C. Personification
$300
Lennie was “…dragging his feet a
little, the way a bear drags his
paws.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
$300
B. Metaphor
$400
“A water snake slipped along
on the pool, its head held up
like a periscope.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
$400
A. Simile
$500
“The sycamore leaves
whispered in a little night
breeze.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
$500
C. Personification
$100
“Why do you got to get
killed? You ain’t so little as
mice.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lennie
Crooks
Candy
George
$100
A. Lennie
$200
“I ought to of shot that
myself, George. I shouldn’t
ought to of let no stranger
shoot my dog.”
A. Lennie
B. Crooks
C. Candy
D. George
$200
C. Candy
$300
“What’s the matter with me? Ain’t I
got a right to talk to nobody?”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Curley
Carlson
Crooks
Curley’s wife
$300
D. Curley’s wife
$400
“Nobody ever gets to heaven, and
nobody ever gets no land.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lennie
Crooks
Candy
George
$400
b. Crooks
$500
“It wasn’t nothing…You guys comin’
in an’ settin’ made me forget. What
she says is true.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Slim
Crooks
Candy
George
$500
B. Crooks
$100
Lennie is run out of Weed
foreshadows __________.
A. Lennie kills Curley’s wife.
B. Their dream never comes
true.
C. Lennie has to leave
Soledad.
D. George shoots Lennie.
E. Lennie crushes Curley’s
hand.
F. Lennie kills the pup.
$100
C. Lennie has to leave
Soledad.
$200
The characters in Lennie’s
hallucination tell Lennie that
George will leave him foreshadows
________.
A. Lennie kills Curley’s wife.
B. Their dream never comes
true.
C. Lennie has to leave
Soledad.
D. George shoots Lennie.
E. Lennie crushes Curley’s
hand.
F. Lennie kills the pup.
$200
D. George
shoots Lennie.
$300
Lennie breaks the mouse’s
neck foreshadows ______.
A. Lennie kills Curley’s wife.
B. Their dream never comes
true.
C. Lennie has to leave
Soledad.
D. George shoots Lennie.
E. Lennie crushes Curley’s
hand.
F. Lennie kills the pup.
$300
F. Lennie kills
the pup.
$400
Lennie kills the pup
foreshadows _______________.
A. Lennie kills Curley’s wife.
B. Their dream never comes
true.
C. Lennie has to leave
Soledad.
D. George shoots Lennie.
E. Lennie crushes Curley’s
hand.
F. Lennie kills the pup.
$400
A. Lennie kills
Curley’s wife.
$500
Curley’s wife is a “rat trap”
foreshadows _________.
A. Lennie kills Curley’s wife.
B. Their dream never comes
true.
C. Curley’s wife cheats on
Curley.
D. Curley’s wife becomes an
actress.
E. Lennie crushes Curley’s
hand.
F. Lennie kills the pup.
$500
B. Their dream
never comes true.
$100
When Aunt Clara appeared to
Lennie, she was wearing a dress
made up of ___________________.
$100
gingham
$200
An expressive speaker places
__________________ on certain
words and syllables.
$200
emphasis
$300
George ___________________
snuck into the bunkhouse and
stole Carlson’s Luger.
$300
craftily
$400
Fearing for her life, Curley’s wife
__________________ to be free.
$400
writhed
$500
Indicate the vocabulary word
that is best represented by this
picture.
$500
sullenly
John Steinbeck sets his novella in
the town of Soledad. Soledad is the
Spanish word for loneliness. Using
three examples from the text,
explain why this was an appropriate
name for the setting of Of Mice and
Men.