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Of Mice And Men
Unit Test
PART ONE: Matching- Match the following descriptions and quotes with the correct character (match quotes
to their speakers). Characters will be used more than once.
a. George b. Lennie c. Candy d. Curley e. Slim ab. Crooks
bc. Curley’s wife cd. Carlson de. The boss
______1. The old swamper
______2. Stable buck
______3. Mentally slow; physically strong; liked soft things
______4. Killed Candy’s dog
______5. Is killed by Lennie
______6. Skinner; reasonable; understands Lenny and George
______7. Kills Lennie
______8. Ill-tempered son of the boss
______9. Lacks physical height
______10. Wants to become part of George and Lennie’s dream and has financial means to help
______11. Forced into a life of loneliness by spouse
______12. Forced into loneliness by social norms
______13. Character who doesn’t want to lose his money gambling or at brothels
______14. “It ain’t no lie…Gonna live off the fat o’ the lan’…and tend rabbits.”
______15. “He ain’t no good to you… An’ he ain’t no good to himself. Whyn’t you shoot him…?”
______16. “I’m gonna get him… I’ll kill the big guy myself.”
______17. “He stole my Luger.”
______18. “…you want I should go away and leave you alone?...I could go off in the hills there.
Some place I’d find a cave.”
______19. “Ain’t many guys travel around together. I don’t know why. Maybe everybody in the
world is scared of each other.”
______20. "Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know
what your interest is.”
______21. "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so
easy. I could go get a job an' work, an no trouble.”
______22. “A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's
he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."
______23. "If I catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the
guys get together an' you won't talk. Jus' nothing but mad. You're all scared of each
other, that's what.
…CONTINUED:
a. George b. Lennie c. Candy d. Curley e. Slim ab. Crooks
bc. Curley’s wife cd. Carlson de. The boss
______24. “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so
much I got to thinking maybe we would.”
______25. "Never you mind. A guy got to sometimes."
______26. “I don’ like this place, George. This ain’t no good place. I wanna get outa here.”
______27. “This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back
of the head—“ he leaned and pointed, “—right here, why, he’d never know what hit him.”
______28. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
______29. “You guys comin’ in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true.”
______30. “I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing.”
PART TWO: Multiple Choice- Choose the best answer for each question.
______31. What does George say he could do if he were alone?
a. Go to a “cat house.”
b. Drink whiskey all night
c. Play cards at a pool hall all night
d. All of the above
______32. Why are George and Lennie different from other guys who work on ranches?
a. They are actually wealthy
b. They like their work
c. They are not drifters
d. Each has the other to look out for him
______33. What does Slim have that Lennie wants?
a. The best bunk
b. Puppies
c. A rabbit
d. Velvet
______34. Why did Curley fight with Lennie?
a. Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him.
b. Curley wanted to prove he could hurt a big guy
c. Lennie punched him first
d. Lennie made a rude remark about Curley’s wife
______35. This story most likely takes place during which decade?
a. 1910’s
b. 1920’s
c. 1930’s
d. 1940’s
______36. The book was written by
a. John Steinbeck
b. Ernest Hemingway
c. Arthur Miller
d. William Shakespeare
______37. Which is one of the first things George tells Lennie to remember?
a. Stay away from Curley’s wife
b. Do not take the puppy out of the barn
c. Don’t hit anyone unless George tells him to
d. If there is trouble come back and hide in the brush
______38. Who is the first character George and Lennie meet at the ranch?
a. Candy
b. The boss
c. Slim
d. Curley
______39. When Lennie kills the pup he is most worried that
a. Their chance for owning their own place is over
b. They will lose their jobs
c. He won’t get to tend the rabbits
d. That George will make him live in a cave
______40. George kills Lennie out of
a. Cruelty
b. Frustration
c. Opportunity
d. Love
______41. Why is the setting important to the story?
a. It is familiar to everyone
b. It shows different types of people
c. It fuels George and Lennie’s dream
d. It is not important to the story
______42. Which of the following actions is least likely to be considered cruel?
a. The boss’ beating of Crooks
b. Curley picking fights with Lennie
c. The shooting of Candy’s dog
d. Lennie attacking Curley’s wife
______43. All of the following are examples of foreshadowing except
a. George tells Lennie to hide in the brush
b. George tells about the tricks he played on Lennie
c. We find out Lennie tends to kill mice
d. George commenting that Curley better not mess with Lennie
______44. What is the climax of the book?
a. When Candy’s dog is shot
b. When Curley’s wife is attacked
c. When Curley’s hand is crushed
d. When George shoots Lennie
______45. Did you enjoy Of Mice and Men?
a. Yes, I loved it!
b. It was alright.
c. No, I hated it.
PART THREE: Idioms- Match the idiom to its meaning in Of Mice and Men
______46. “Take you out in a box”
a. Death
b. Move you to less desirable place
c. Fire you
______47. “Booby hatch”
a. Brothel
b. Insane asylum
c. Trap
______48. “Right cross”
a. Boxing move
b. Religious symbol
c. Direction (as in “Right cross the river”)
______49. “Corn”
a. Any kind of food
b. Vegetation
c. Whiskey
______50. “Took a powder”
a. Left
b. Stole something
c. Vanished into thin air