Q.1
What is the immediate context of this passage?
  • Lennie has just spent the evening talking with Crooks
  • Lennie has just crushed Curley's hand
  • Lennie has just accidentally killed the puppy
  • Curley's wife has just been threatening Crooks
Q.2
What immediately follows this excerpt?
  • Curley's wife shares her own lost dreams with Lennie
  • Lennie runs away from the barn to the pool
  • Candy discovers the two together in the barn
  • Curley goes in search of Lennie
Q.3
What is the significance of Curley's wife's choice of shoes?
  • The shoes hint at her love of hiking
  • Mules are the most appropriate footwear for a ranch
  • The shoes hint at her wish to attract Lennie
  • The choice of shoes is not significant
Q.4
Lennie is determined to obey George so that he doesn't lose the chance to have rabbits. How does this passage demonstrate his determination?
  • Lennie responds sullenly to Curley's wife, even though he finds her pretty
  • Lennie's refusal to talk is repeated several times
  • Lennie looks away from Curley's wife
  • All of the above
Q.5
What prompts Lennie eventually to respond more positively to Curley's wife?
  • She laughs at him for obeying George
  • She asks him about the puppy
  • She reminds him that the other men are busy with their horseshoe tournament
  • She tells him that she knows about Curley's hand
Q.6
Curley's wife is amused by Lennie's insistence on following George's orders. What does this tell us about her perception of Lennie?
  • She does not yet understand that he is like a child
  • She thinks she will be able to order him around easily
  • She thinks George is overbearing
  • She believes that Lennie will be dismissed from his job by Curley
Q.7
Curley's wife attempts to create an atmosphere of intimacy with Lennie. Which of the following phrases alerts the reader to her attempts?
  • "She laughed"
  • "Her face was made up"
  • "I can't talk to nobody but Curley"
  • "She knelt in the hay beside him"
Q.8
“Don’t you worry none. He was jus’ a mutt. You can get another one easy. The whole country is fulla mutts.” What does this phrase suggest about life on the ranch?
  • Life is seen as abundant, but precious
  • Life is cheap
  • The loss of life should never be mourned
  • Mourning is only acceptable where human lives have been lost
Q.9
"The little sausage curls were all in place." What effect does the use of juxtaposition have in this line?
  • It highlights the contrast between effort and effect
  • It reminds the reader of the novel's title
  • It presents a metaphor of life on the ranch
  • All of the above
Q.10
Why does Lennie cover the puppy with hay?
  • He has already forgotten how the puppy died
  • He does not fully understand the consequences of his actions
  • He doesn't want to think about puppies or rabbits any longer
  • He is attempting to give the puppy a decent burial
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