This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Crooks, what do most ranch hands spend their money on to keep them from accomplishing their American Dream of owning land? A) Horseshoes and euchre. B) Their wives and their kids. C) Women and blackjack games. D) Boxing fights and the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women and blackjack games. 2. Arrangement of power from top to bottom A) Timid. B) In half res. C) Misnomer. D) Pecking order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pecking order. 3. A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work A) Tramp. B) Tart. C) Companion. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tramp. 4. What does the word 'yammered' mean? A) Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered. B) An imitation of someone else's mannerisms. C) In a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner. D) Moved clumsily or heavily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered. 5. Which of the following completes the analogy below? pugnacious:boxer as nautical: A) Sea. B) Ship. C) Sailor. D) Navy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sailor. 6. Cried or wept with sniffling A) Bewildered. B) Sulkily. C) Sniveled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sniveled. 7. If something is done in a serious or honest way, it is done: A) Brutally. B) Earnestly. C) Scornfully. D) Belligerently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earnestly. 8. Which word best describes how George and Lennie's relationship was in the past? A) George was mean to Lennie. B) George has always been kind to Lennie. C) Lennie used to be in charge of George. D) George didn't meet Lennie until a year ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George was mean to Lennie. 9. Select the positive mood word: A) Melancholic. B) Ominous. C) Euphoric. D) Hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphoric. 10. Which word means "a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance" ? A) Rheumatism. B) Hand. C) Swamper. D) Nuisance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuisance. 11. Define CRINGED A) Stood frozen in fear. B) Pulled away in a frightened manner. C) Yelled loudly in surprise. D) Jumped up in fright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulled away in a frightened manner. 12. Where is the setting of the ranch in the story? A) Countryside. B) Mountain. C) Beach. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Countryside. 13. What does gravity mean? A) Twisted or bent out of the normal shape. B) Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness. C) Puzzled, confused, or bewildered. D) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness. 14. What does the conversation about the dream of owning land reveal about the characters' hopes and dreams? A) They are realistic and achievable. B) They are desperate attempts to escape reality. C) They are shared by everyone on the ranch. D) They are unique to Lennie and George. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are desperate attempts to escape reality. 15. Slim and Curley are arguing about ..... A) A mule. B) Lennie. C) Curley's wife. D) Candy's dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley's wife. 16. Who takes care of Lennie and travels with him. He is small and has sharp features. A) Slim. B) Carlson. C) George. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George. 17. Which best describes why Lennie brings the newborn pup into the bunkhouse? A) He wants to pet the puppy. B) He is trying to harm the puppy. C) He wants to run away with the puppy. D) He likes to disobey everything George tells him to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to pet the puppy. 18. Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain A) Anguish. B) Laden. C) Mollify. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anguish. 19. What happen in Weed? A) Lennie stole money. B) Lennie tried to touch a girl's red dress. C) George tried to touch a girl's red dress. D) Lennie and George robbed a bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie tried to touch a girl's red dress. 20. "Did you ..... erase the correct answers from my homework, or was it by mistake?" he asked. A) Contorted. B) Derogatory. C) Ominously. D) Deliberately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deliberately. ← 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