Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • Lennie has been upset because George took away his dead mouse
  • George has been talking about the dream of owning land
  • The two men are in hiding near Weed
  • Lennie has just killed the puppy
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Curley comes looking for his wife
  • The scene shifts to the following day
  • Lennie persuades George to talk about their dream
  • George deals the cards
Q.3
Which phrase demonstrates Lennie's physical capacity for endurance?
  • "Threw them in a heap"
  • "Not quite touching"
  • "Anguished face"
  • "More and more"
Q.4
What does the reader learn about George in this passage?
  • He sometimes resents Lennie
  • He worries about the consequences of Lennie's actions
  • He feels ashamed for the way he sometimes behaves towards Lennie
  • All of the above
Q.5
Why does Lennie's wish for ketchup cause George to explode?
  • Lennie lost the ketchup when the two men fled from Weed
  • George is typically unreasonable and angry
  • The ketchup reminds George of the episode with the young woman
  • The wish represents Lennie's innocent lack of awareness
Q.6
George explodes, speaks furiously and nearly shouts. At what point does his manner towards Lennie change?
  • He mimics girls' voices
  • He sees Lennie's face
  • He thinks about what he could do with his own wages
  • He throws another log on the fire
Q.7
How does the reader know that Lennie does not want George to be angry with him? Choose the best answer.
  • He doesn't interrupt George
  • He moves around the fire
  • He pretends to have been joking about wanting ketchup
  • He builds up the fire when George asks him to do so
Q.8
After George's outburst, how does the atmosphere change?
  • It becomes still
  • It becomes dreary
  • It becomes sorrowful
  • It becomes tense
Q.9
What does the manner of Lennie's approach to George tell the reader?
  • Lennie always moves slowly
  • Lennie is still deeply afraid of George
  • George is frequently angry and it is Lennie's role to placate him
  • Lennie has a childlike trust in George's care for him
Q.10
Lennie's encounter with the girl provides an example of which of the following?
  • Figurative language
  • Foreshadowing
  • Flashback
  • Hyperbole
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