This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 59 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What advice does George give Lennie to prepare for their interview with the ranch owner? A) Don't say a word until after they've worked. B) Shake hands and say, howdy. C) Hand the ranch owner his work card. D) To lie about his age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't say a word until after they've worked. 2. Tangle A) A grouping of a number of similar things. B) Characterized by resoluteness or firmness. C) A bowl shaped vessel used for holding food or liquids. D) Disarrange or rumple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disarrange or rumple. 3. Crooks takes his hand out from under his shirt because he- A) Does not want Lennie to think he is reaching for a weapon. B) Wants to be ready to defend himself in case Lennie attacks him. C) Is embrassed to be sen applying liniment to his crooked spine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is embrassed to be sen applying liniment to his crooked spine. 4. The deer ..... back through the woods to avoid being seen by the people driving by. A) Scuttled. B) Yammered. C) Writhed. D) Swampered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scuttled. 5. What role does the setting of the barn play in the development of the story's themes? A) It is a place of work and reality. B) It represents freedom and opportunity. C) It is irrelevant to the themes. D) It symbolizes confinement and isolation. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It symbolizes confinement and isolation. 6. How does George instruct Lennie to behave when they meet the boss at the ranch? A) To talk as much as possible. B) To stay silent and not say anything. C) To act aggressively to assert dominance. D) To pretend he is not smart. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stay silent and not say anything. 7. Describe the character of Curley's wife in Chapter 5. A) Mean and aggressive. B) Shy and introverted. C) Naive and lonely. D) Happy and content. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naive and lonely. 8. At the beginning of the story we meet two migrant workers. What does migrant mean? A) Staying in one place. B) A person who likes to work. C) Running. D) Moving from place to place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving from place to place. 9. What is the meaning of entranced? A) Twisted or bent out of the normal shape. B) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. C) Puzzled, confused, or bewildered. D) Fill someone with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fill someone with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention. 10. Evaluated, judged, and assessed are all synonyms for: A) Yammered. B) Consoled. C) Appraised. D) Scuttled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appraised. 11. Showing a disrespectful attitude A) Derogatory. B) Plaintively. C) Contorted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derogatory. 12. Why did George and Lennie have to leave the last job they were at? A) Lennie grabbed a girl's dress and they were chased out. B) There was no more work for them since the stock market crashed. C) George got into a fight with the boss because he didn't like Lennie. D) They couldn't make enough money, so like most people they had to travel for work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lennie grabbed a girl's dress and they were chased out. 13. Expected to be obeyed A) Pugnacious. B) Reprehensible. C) Derision. D) Imperiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperiously. 14. Auto (Greek) A) Heat. B) Self. C) Good. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self. 15. How does the boss feel about George and Lennie when he first meets them? A) Proud and confident. B) Annoyed and doesn't trust them. C) Frustrated and tired. D) Excited and nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoyed and doesn't trust them. 16. Lumber (verb) A) Talk in a monotonous voice. B) The remains of something that has been destroyed. C) Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. D) A performance using gestures and movements without words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. 17. Wrapped or padded with material in order tostifle sound A) Contort. B) Cringe. C) Hurl. D) Muffled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muffled. 18. This character only has one hand. A) Smitty. B) Curley. C) Crooks. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candy. 19. When Curley's wife is discovered by the men, which one of them tenderly checks her vital signs and pronounced that she is, in fact, dead? A) Curley. B) George. C) Slim. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 20. A synonym for disrespectfully, contemptuously, and disdainfully is: A) Scornfully. B) Dutifully. C) Earnestly. D) Brutally. 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