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of mice and men

3. why does george try to prevent lennie from playing with small animals?
a. he doesn't want lennie to have a pet until he proves he can keep out of trouble.
b. he is worried that slim will be angry if lennie plays with the puppies
c. he is embarrassed by lennie's childlike affection for animals.
d. he knows that lennie is so strong that he might accidentally kill the animals.

4. what phrase best describes the bunkhouse where george and lennie are staying?
a. broken-down and dirty
b. not much furniture, but clean
c. tense and overcrowded
d. exceptionally pleasant and homey

5. what lie does curley tell about how he injured his hand?
a. he claims lennie attacked him for no reason.
b. he claims he got his hand caught in a machine.
c. he claims he injured his hand in a boxing match.
d. he claims he succeeded in badly beating lennie.

6. what would the mob in weed have done to lennie if they had lynched him?
a. they would have put him in an insane asylum.
b. they would have had him imprisoned for life without parole.
c. they would have killed him without a legal trial.
d. they would have decided to let him go.

7. the ranch boss's son, curley, could best be characterized as
a. gloomy and anxious.
b. spoiled and lazy.
c. arrogant and hostile.
d. quiet and wise

8. what does george mean when he tells the old swamper that when lennie fights, he "don't know no rules"?
a. lennie doesn’t understand why people want to get into a fight with him
b. lennie doesn't understand how to control his own strength.
c. lennie doesn't understand george's advice and constantly gets into fights.
d. lennie doesn't understand what to do to make sure he wins in a fight.

9. the old swamper, candy, describes curley's wife as "a tart." what does the term mean in this context?
a. an attractive woman who is not very intelligent
b. an attractive woman who is a hard worker
c. an attractive woman who is vain and stuck up
d. an attractive woman who might be unfaithful

10. which of these is not a good explanation for why crooks enters into a conversation with lennie?
a. unlike the other men on the ranch, lennie doesn't care that crooks is black.
b. although he is very proud, crooks is so lonely that he doesn't mind lennie's company.
c. crooks begins to understand that lennie is simple-minded and unaware of his surroundings
d. after overhearing george, lennie, and candy talking, crooks has decided he wants to buy a house with them.

11. why does crooks stop talking when curley's wife threatens him?
a. he realizes that she is a small-minded person and not worth his getting upset about.
b. he finds her boring and unintelligent
c. he knows that if she makes up false accusations about him, no one will believe him.
d. he is unafraid of her threats because he knows candy and lennie will back him up.

12. which action of lennie's shows that he doesn't fully understand the seriousness of his having accidentally killed curley's wife?
a. he decides to leave the barn and hide in the brush to wait for george.
b. he takes the dead puppy with him, reasoning that he will be in even more trouble if it is found
c. he lingers in the barn even after he hears candy approaching and calling his name.
d. he covers her body with straw

13. what is george's most likely reason for accompanying the group that goes to search for lennie?
a. he knows that he is the only person who can make lennie understand why he will have to go to jail.
b. he realizes that he must choose between lennie and himself, and he decides to betray lennie to protect himself.
c. since he cannot prevent curley from going, he hopes that by coming along he can somehow protect lennie.
d. he is angry at lennie for costing them another job.

14. what details does george provide about his and lennie’s childhood? why does george still continue to look after lennie?

15. why do george and lennie want to have their own farm?

16. what does curley’s wife reveal about her youthful hopes and dreams? how do these hopes and dreams compare with the actual circumstances of her adult life?

17. how does the incident in the barn echo other incidents in lennie’s life?

18. throughout the novel, the reader never learns curley’s wife’s name. why do you think john steinbeck made this choice as an author?

19. describe the moments immediately before lennie’s death. what is the purpose of george’s conversation with lennie in these final moments?

20. why does slim tell george, “you hadda. i swear you hadda”? do you agree? why or why not?