This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word "gingerly" mean? A) In a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy. B) In a rough and reckless manner. C) With excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly. D) Slow, deliberate, sloth-like movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy. 2. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious A) Ominous. B) Derogatory. C) Pugnacious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 3. Verb; turned away A) Averted. B) Disarming. C) Meager. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Averted. 4. Often signifies rudeness; to do something abrupt or offhand A) Deliberately. B) Brusquely. C) Gingerly. D) Broccoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brusquely. 5. What does the name Soledad mean? A) Friendship. B) Distance. C) Happiness. D) Loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loneliness. 6. Which word means "cause (someone) to feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger" ? A) Alarmed. B) Rabbit. C) Quiver. D) Subside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alarmed. 7. Who suggests that Candy should shoot his dog? A) The Boss. B) Slim. C) Curley. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carlson. 8. What word means:extreme distress of body or mind? A) Anguish. B) Gesture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anguish. 9. Consider as a possibility A) Contemplate. B) Lumber. C) Pantomime. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemplate. 10. What is the significance of the campfire ashes? A) Men have enjoyed being in the woods. B) Someone cooked some food. C) Someone was feeling cold. D) Men have experienced this before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Men have experienced this before. 11. When Lennie does not respond, the boss assumes that George is: A) Trying to cheat Lennie out of his pay. B) Trying to cheat the boss out of money. C) Taking care of Lennie. D) Lying about Lennie being his cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying to cheat Lennie out of his pay. 12. In a self-satisfied manner A) Complacently. B) Profound. C) Apprehensive. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complacently. 13. The submarine commander ordered the ..... to be raised in order to see across the explanse of ocean territory. A) Scoff. B) Pugnacious. C) Periscope. D) Majesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periscope. 14. 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) Having a drooping crest. B) Capable of winning favor. C) Feeling shame or humiliation. D) Overcome by grief or despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling shame or humiliation. 15. TRUE or FALSE In the beginning of the story George and Lennie had recently come from a town named Weed. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. Is obsessed with tending the rabbits. A) George. B) Lennie. C) Candy. D) Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 17. Who wants to shoot Lennie? A) Curley. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley. 18. 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) Greed. B) Fear. C) Anger. D) Laziness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear. 19. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:rubbish, trash A) Debris. B) Quiver. C) Despair. D) Emerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debris. 20. 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. 21. Idiom:What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can" ? A) Get fired. B) Recycle. C) Bring a can of food. D) Throw something away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get fired. 22. Where are George and Lennie going in chapter 1? A) To New York City. B) To a boxing match. C) To the ranch for work. D) To the market for lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the ranch for work. 23. 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. 24. Howl or wail as if in pain; whimper A) Mottled. B) Yammer. C) Juncture. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yammer. 25. Daniel had to ..... the tree to get the coconut to fall, and he enjoyed the fruit that fell from the shaken tree. A) Jar. B) Dutiful. C) Monotonous. D) Triumphed. E) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jar. 26. Pick the word below that means:to be attacked/bitten savagely by an animal A) Mauled. B) Appraised. C) Overwhelmed. D) Aroused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mauled. 27. Cautious or very careful A) Succumb. B) Gingerly. C) Endeavor. D) Corroborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gingerly. 28. Who is the "Prince of the Ranch" ? A) Slim. B) Curley. C) Crooks. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slim. 29. Full of contempt or scorn A) Contemptuously. B) Scornful. C) Persuasive. D) Arouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemptuously. 30. What is NOT a dream of Curley's? A) Have a hot wife. B) Be a rancher. C) Be a boxer. D) Be taller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be a rancher. 31. Despite the harsh conditions the mountain climbers ..... celebrated their win with a photograph at the top. A) Belligerent. B) Jar. C) Dutiful. D) Monotonous. E) Triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Triumph. 32. With an attitude of authority and expecting obedience A) Plaintively. B) Imperiously. C) Pantomime. D) Junctures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperiously. 33. George's ability to realize that things aren't going to be easy with Curley's wife around the farm is an example of: A) Setting. B) Foreshadowing. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 34. Whine or whimper A) Anguish. B) Begrudge. C) Yammer. D) Lighthearted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yammer. 35. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:bemused/ understanding A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 36. What does the word "scoff" mean? A) To laugh at with contempt and derision. B) A noise one makes that is similar to the sound of a cough. C) To gesticulate, wildly. D) Scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To laugh at with contempt and derision. 37. "Behind him walked his opposite ..... he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his claws." is an example of which literary device? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 38. Who is characterized as huge, strong and child-like? A) George. B) Crooks. C) Lennie. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lennie. 39. How does the dialogue between Candy and George in Chapter 3 indirectly characterize Candy? A) As indifferent. B) As aggressive. C) As manipulative. D) As hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As hopeful. 40. George says, "if I was even a little bit smart, I'd have my own little place, an' I'd be bringin' in my own crops, 'stead of doin' all the work and not getting what comes up outta the ground, " what is he hinting at? A) A better future. B) The American dream. C) Being his own boss. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. What does Lennie forget to do in chapter 2? A) Not speak a word. B) Tie his shoes. C) Shower before work. D) Feed his rabbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not speak a word. 42. What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below? The policeman in the middle of the intersection ..... which direction the cars should go in order to avoid hitting one another. A) Pantomimed. B) Yammered. C) Recumbent. D) Disengaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pantomimed. 43. Any sound reproducing machine using record in the form of cylinders or discs. A) Cd Player. B) Pictograph. C) Phonograph. D) Cultivator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonograph. 44. The path is beaten hard by tramps that come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water. A) Metaphor, metaphor. B) Hyperbole, personification. C) Hyperbole, metaphor. D) Personification, metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification, metaphor. 45. Out of respect and admiration, Lennie would often be seen ..... George's actions. A) Belittling. B) Threatening. C) Mimicking. D) Criticizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mimicking. 46. Soothed or pacified A) Mollified. B) Contorted. C) Juncture. D) Apprehensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mollified. 47. To be full or heavy with something A) Anguish. B) Imperiously. C) Laden. D) Morosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laden. 48. Despite winning the game, his morose expression showed that something was bothering him. What does the word 'morose' mean? A) Feeling very sad and gloomy. B) Lying down or reclining in a resting position. C) Intense happiness and joy. D) Feeling proud and arrogant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling very sad and gloomy. 49. Anger about an unfairness or wrongdoing A) Brutally. B) Liniment. C) Meager. D) Indignation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indignation. 50. Which word means extreme mental or physical pain? A) Pugnacious. B) Ominous. C) Recumbent. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anguish. 51. "To talk loudly or persistently" is the definition of: A) Silenced. B) Lumbered. C) Yammered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yammered. 52. Who was George speaking about when he said, 'If he comes in here you move clear to the other side of the room.'? A) Crooks. B) The Boss. C) Curley. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley. 53. What does Crooks' reaction to Curley's wife's entrance reveal about his character? A) He is indifferent to her presence. B) He is attracted to her. C) He is happy to have more company. D) He fears the power she holds over him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He fears the power she holds over him. 54. From Lennie's head, thisAngry hallucinationIn bull's eye glasses A) Curley's Wife. B) Aunt Clara. C) George. D) A puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aunt Clara. 55. True or false? This is the definition for the word:moribund-dark or dull in colour or tone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Which answer best describes George's reaction when he learns that Candy and Lennie have told Crooks about the farm they plan to buy? A) George scowls disapprovingly, and scolds Candy for telling. B) George yells at Lennie for never being able to keep his trap shut. C) George approves, and invites Crooks into the plan. D) George pretends it never happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George scowls disapprovingly, and scolds Candy for telling. 57. In a manner suggesting something bad will happen A) Persuasive. B) Subdue. C) Ominously. D) Appraise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ominously. 58. What is Curley's glove full of? A) His hand. B) Unknown. C) Food. D) Vaseline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaseline. 59. Sad and mournful A) Plaintive. B) Pugnacious. C) Contemplate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plaintive. 60. Lennie gets very upset when George throws away his dead mouse. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books