1.
to what does this statement refer: "this thing they had never really believed in was coming true"?

george and lennie's dream of one day visiting aunt clara

george and lennie's ability to always stay together

george and lennie's dream of raising a puppy

george and lennie's dream of owning their own house and some land
2.
what is lennie smiling about when curley first punches him in the bunkhouse?

he is holding his new puppy.

he is thinking about curley's pretty wife.

he is thinking of the ranch.

he is remembering his aunt clara.
3.
who wants to invest in the ranch with lennie and george?

slim

carlson

curly

candy
4.
what happens to candy's old dog?

it dies of old age.

carlson shoots it.

it gets run over by the cultivator.

lennie accidentally kills it.
5.
how does lennie react to hurting curley's hand?

he is angry with george for letting it happen.

he is scared and afraid it will mean he can't have the rabbits.

he wants to leave the ranch immediately because he fears for his life.

he is proud of it.
6.
at the beginning of the chapter, george says to slim, "it wasn't much to you, maybe, but it was a lot to him." to what is he referring?

george is referring to slim keeping quiet about their plans to move along and buy their own land as soon as they can.

george is referring to the puppy that slim has given to lennie.

george is referring to slim keeping quiet about lennie busting curley's hand.

george is referring to slim sticking up for lennie when curley's wife came in the bunkhouse.
7.
why does curly agree not to tell anyone about what happened with lennie?

he is afraid his wife will tease him.

he doesn't want his dad to get upset.

he is protecting them from getting fired.

he is prideful and he doesn't want others to know that lennie got the better of him.
8.
which man creates the lie to protect lennie?

slim

carlson

george

candy
9.
what excuse do the men create to explain the injury to curley's hand?

they will say that a horse stepped on curley's hand when he was trying to shoe it.

they will say that it was smashed when curley was chopping wood.

they will say that curley's hand was caught in a machine.

they tell others that curley and lennie fought over curley's wife.