This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means "eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight" ? A) Mollify. B) Bellicose. C) Salacious. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 2. What does Lennie remember not to do, as instructed by George? A) To not mention their previous employment. B) To not speak to the boss. C) To not say anything when they meet the boss. D) To not lose his work card. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To not say anything when they meet the boss. 3. Adj.; completely confused or puzzled A) Woe. B) Bewildered. C) Hurled. D) Cringed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bewildered. 4. Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious A) Mollify. B) Anguish. C) Scowl. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ominous. 5. Anger due to unjust or unfair treatment A) Indignation. B) Mauled. C) Disarming. D) Meager. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indignation. 6. How does the author use dialogue between Crooks and Lennie to develop their characters? A) By showing their educational backgrounds. B) Through their discussions about dreams and loneliness. C) By highlighting their differences in opinion. D) Through their arguments about work on the ranch. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through their discussions about dreams and loneliness. 7. If the living conditions in a bunk house are disgusting and filthy, that building could be described as being a ..... A) Cesspool. B) Fawning. C) Slough. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cesspool. 8. Pantomime (nun) A) Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. B) Talk in a monotonous voice. C) Spoken in a blunt and direct manner. D) A performance using gestures and movements without words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A performance using gestures and movements without words. 9. Why is Lennie in the barn in the first place? A) To pet his puppy. B) To take the horses out. C) To help Crooks. D) To look for George. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pet his puppy. 10. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:ensue/ occur A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 11. Foreshadowing is A) A hint about what might happen later. B) A character. C) A description of the setting. D) The tone of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hint about what might happen later. 12. What is George's surname? A) Milton. B) Small. C) Jones. D) Thompson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milton. 13. The shape or manner in which things come together=contorted A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. When Lennie drops down next to the pool of water as the story opens, what is George's advice to him? A) He tells him to drink up now because there's no telling when they'll find water again. B) He tells him to bathe. C) He tells him to wash his hands after playing with the dead mouse. D) He tells him not to drink too much water to avoid getting sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tells him not to drink too much water to avoid getting sick. 15. Averted A) Downcast; disappointed, or humiliated. B) Looked over; made a judgement about. C) Turned away. D) Uninvolved with people or events; remote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turned away. 16. Ranch-hand; invites George to go to Susy's place A) Lennie. B) Slim. C) Crooks. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whit. 17. If someone points their finger at you ..... , they are trying to assert their authority over you in a domineering way. A) Skeptically. B) Imperiously. C) Brutally. D) Earnestly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperiously. 18. Which of the following best summarizes the instructions George gives Lennie in the event that Lennie "gets in trouble" at the ranch? pg. 15 A) Call the police from the nearest telephone. B) Escape to their current location and hide in the brush until George comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escape to their current location and hide in the brush until George comes. 19. "George was on his feet yelling, 'Get him, Lennie. Don't let him do it" ' (64). Why does George say this to Lennie? A) George will not always be there to defend Lennie against people that want to hurt him. B) George thinks Lennie is weak and he has to learn to fight. C) George thinks that Lennie can reach his full potential if he learns what he is capable of. D) Options 1 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Options 1 and 3. 20. Why is Crooks concerned with Lennie in Chapter Three? A) Lennie keeps taking the puppies away from their mother to pet them. B) Lennie is touching Crooks things. C) Lennie accidently killed a rabbit. D) Lennie was talking to Curley's wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lennie keeps taking the puppies away from their mother to pet them. ← 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