This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who suggests that Candy should shoot his dog? A) The Boss. B) Slim. C) Carlson. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carlson. 2. What word means:extreme distress of body or mind? A) Gesture. B) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anguish. 3. Define AVERTED A) Turned away. B) Hid behind. C) Called loudly. D) Blinked rapidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned away. 4. Consider as a possibility A) Pantomime. B) Lumber. C) Contemplate. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemplate. 5. What is the significance of the campfire ashes? A) Someone cooked some food. B) Someone was feeling cold. C) Men have experienced this before. D) Men have enjoyed being in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Men have experienced this before. 6. When Lennie does not respond, the boss assumes that George is: A) Taking care of Lennie. B) Trying to cheat the boss out of money. C) Trying to cheat Lennie out of his pay. D) Lying about Lennie being his cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trying to cheat Lennie out of his pay. 7. In a self-satisfied manner A) Apprehensive. B) Profound. C) Complacently. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complacently. 8. The submarine commander ordered the ..... to be raised in order to see across the explanse of ocean territory. A) Majesty. B) Periscope. C) Scoff. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periscope. 9. In the text it states the following: "George scowled. 'I thought I tol' you not to tell nobody about that.'Candy was crestfallen. 'Didn't tell nobody but Crooks" ' (Steinbeck). What is the best definition for the word crestfallen based on the way it is used in the text? A) Overcome by grief or despair. B) Having a drooping crest. C) Feeling shame or humiliation. D) Capable of winning favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling shame or humiliation. 10. TRUE or FALSE In the beginning of the story George and Lennie had recently come from a town named Weed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Is obsessed with tending the rabbits. A) George. B) Lennie. C) Candy. D) Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 12. Spelling: A) Brusquely. B) Bruskley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brusquely. 13. Who wants to shoot Lennie? A) Curley. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley. 14. Define ALOOF A) Not friendly; cool and distant. B) Friendly; warm and loveable. C) Not friendly; angry and aggressive. D) Friendly; smiling and accommodating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not friendly; cool and distant. 15. In paragraph 15, Slim's comments about how few guys travel around together imply that the cause of people not going in groups is-(EXCERPT 1) A) Anger. B) Fear. C) Greed. D) Laziness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear. 16. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:rubbish, trash A) Debris. B) Despair. C) Quiver. D) Emerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debris. 17. In Chapter 3, Steinbeck uses silence to symbolize ..... A) How the weak at the ranch are silenced, like Candy's dog. B) The bunkhouse and how it sounded on cool, summer evenings. C) The quietness that surrounded Curley's wife and Curley at the dinner table. D) The Boss silently figuring out payroll for all of the pesky ranch hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the weak at the ranch are silenced, like Candy's dog. 18. Idiom:What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can" ? A) Bring a can of food. B) Get fired. C) Throw something away. D) Recycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get fired. 19. Where are George and Lennie going in chapter 1? A) To the ranch for work. B) To the market for lunch. C) To New York City. D) To a boxing match. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the ranch for work. 20. What did Lennie have in his pocket? A) Fishing lures. B) His wallet. C) Dead kitten. D) Dead mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dead mouse. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesOf Mice And Men Quiz 1Of Mice And Men Quiz 2Of Mice And Men Quiz 3Of Mice And Men Quiz 4Of Mice And Men Quiz 5Of Mice And Men Quiz 6Of Mice And Men Quiz 7Of Mice And Men Quiz 8Of Mice And Men Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books