This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hurricane left a trail of debris scattered throughout the neighborhood. What does the word 'debris' mean? A) Small pieces of broken or scattered materials. B) Feeling sad and downhearted. C) Marine life. D) Wood and metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small pieces of broken or scattered materials. 2. What does Curley's wife's death reveal about her character? A) Her manipulative nature. B) Her innocence and vulnerability. C) Her strength and independence. D) Her intelligence and cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her innocence and vulnerability. 3. The author includes this dialogue between Lennie and George to ..... A) Illustrate Lennie's mental disability. B) Infer that George is filled with hidden greed. C) Depict the closely-bonded relationship they have. D) Differentiate their personalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depict the closely-bonded relationship they have. 4. Which answer most accurately describes how Curley's wife found out that Lennie broke Curley's hand? A) Crooks accidentally lets the information slip. B) Candy tells her if she doesn't watch out, Lennie will break her hand too. C) Lennie answers her question honestly. D) She sees the bruises on Lennie's face and puts it together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She sees the bruises on Lennie's face and puts it together. 5. True or False:Crooks still wants to join George and Lennie's farm by the end of Chapter 4. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Candy tells George that Curley's wife is a tart with a roving eye. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below? Upon seeing the teenager squalling in the middle of the parking lot, tears and snot running down his face as he sat in a pathetic heap, the woman said, "My goodness, that child lacks ..... !" A) Elaborate. B) Gravity. C) Burlap. D) Dignity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dignity. 8. To soften in feeling or temper, as a person A) Liniment. B) Morosely. C) Mollified. D) Bridled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mollified. 9. Slim's dog Lulu had 9 pups, which was too many she could nurse. What did Slim do with the four smallest ones? A) Gave them away to ranch hands. B) Sold them. C) Drowned them. D) Let them go stray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drowned them. 10. What personal possessions does Crooks have? A) Books and glasses. B) Shoes and a shotgun. C) Medicine bottles. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. What is George's attitude towards Lennie drinking water from the pool? A) He encourages it. B) Not specified. C) He insists Lennie drink more. D) He is indifferent. E) He warns Lennie not to drink too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He warns Lennie not to drink too much. 12. Apart, indifferent A) Aloof. B) Involved, interested. C) Together, united. D) Connected, engaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aloof. 13. How does the interaction between Crooks and Curley's wife highlight societal attitudes of the time? A) It shows the equality between men and women. B) It underscores the racial prejudices and gender dynamics. C) It demonstrates a progressive shift in societal norms. D) It indicates a mutual respect between different social classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It underscores the racial prejudices and gender dynamics. 14. Acting that consists mostly of gestures; no speech A) Contorted. B) Junctures. C) Pantomime. D) Iimperiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pantomime. 15. The ranch boss is suspicious of George and Lennie because George does all the talking. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. Who else supports Carlson's idea of shooting Candy's dog? A) Lennie. B) Curley. C) Slim. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 17. Things that the narrator specifically tells the reader about the character A) Allusion. B) Methods of characterization. C) Conflict. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct characterization. 18. Belittling and insulting A) Morosely. B) Recumbent. C) Derogatory. D) Contemplated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derogatory. 19. Lose of hope; hopelessness. A) Morosely. B) Recumbent. C) Yammer. D) Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despair. 20. Elaborate (adjective) A) The remains of something that has been destroyed. B) Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. C) Marked by complexity and richness of detail. D) A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marked by complexity and richness of detail. 21. Which word describes 'in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner'? A) Anguished. B) Imperiously. C) Recumbent. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperiously. 22. Full of mental upset A) Laden. B) Morosely. C) Anguish. D) Imperiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anguish. 23. What animal does Lennie really want to own? A) Kittens. B) Rabbits. C) Mice. D) Puppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabbits. 24. In the text it states the following: "When Candy spoke they both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible" (Steinbeck). What is the best definition for the word reprehensible based on the way it is used in the text? A) Congratulate or encourage. B) Relating to, involving, or being a crime. C) Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. D) To humiliate by superior showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. 25. Far off toward the highway a man shouted something, and another man shouted back. The sycamore limbs rustled under a little wind that died immediately. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Foreshadowing. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 26. Who threatens Curley with telling the truth, if George and Lennie get fired? A) Candy. B) George. C) Lennie. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slim. 27. What is an antonym for disengage? A) Interpret. B) Unite. C) Entangle. D) Confuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unite. 28. He had an elaborate plan for a successful bank robbery. A) Feeling of great physical or mental pain. B) To think profoundly. C) Still; without movement. D) Expressed in great detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressed in great detail. 29. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:appear, rise A) Mottled. B) Emerge. C) Tramp. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emerge. 30. He wants in on the dream of land with George and Lennie. A) Candy. B) Carlson. C) Curley. D) Armondo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy. 31. Who wanders into Crooks' room after seeing the light? A) Candy. B) Lennie. C) Curley's Wife. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 32. Who said this:'Nobody can't blame a person for lookin'.'? A) Curley. B) Curley's Wife. C) George. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley's Wife. 33. True or False:Curley's wife hates staying at home all day. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Candy's dependence on his dog represents what in the novel? A) Dogs were an important part of ranch life and were often used to assist with cattle drives. B) Evil must be avoided at all cost. C) The origins of pet therapy. D) Companionship that most men on the ranch do not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Companionship that most men on the ranch do not have. 35. What can be inferred about the future of George and Lennie's relationship at the end of Chapter 5? A) They will achieve their dream of owning a farm. B) Their relationship will become strained and distant. C) George will continue to protect Lennie at all costs. D) Lennie will become more independent from George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George will continue to protect Lennie at all costs. 36. After getting beat for the third time in a row, the football team ..... left the field. A) Craftily. B) Dejectedly. C) Wryly. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dejectedly. 37. George says his life would be carefree if only he didn't have to look after Lennie. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. Natalie's love for theater shone through her ..... performance, as she expertly conveyed a range of emotions and actions without uttering a single word. A) Mollify. B) Pantomime. C) Subdue. D) Deride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pantomime. 39. Referred to as a tramp, a tart, and a looloo A) Candy's dog. B) Curley's wife. C) Susy. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley's wife. 40. Why does Slim tell George, "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda." A) Because Lennie was going to attack George. B) Because Lennie was going to get killed by the mob. C) Because Lennie killed Curley's wife. D) Because George was tired of taking care of Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because Lennie was going to get killed by the mob. 41. Verb; provided comfort to someone who is distressed or saddened A) Jeering. B) Consoled. C) Pawed. D) Contorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consoled. 42. A small amount, lacking in quality or quantity A) Appraise. B) Meager. C) Snivel. D) Sullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meager. 43. "There was ..... a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject ..... " Who is this describing? A) George. B) Curley. C) Slim. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 44. Twisted or strained out of shape A) Derogatory. B) Plaintively. C) Contorted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contorted. 45. WHO DISCOVERS CURLEY'S DEAD WIFE? A) GEORGE. B) CURLEY. C) CANDY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CANDY. 46. "Moved clumsily or heavily" is the definition of: A) Yammered. B) Lumbered. C) Plumber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lumbered. 47. What does Carlson want to do with Candy's dog? A) Let him run free. B) Shoot him. C) Steal him. D) Feed him treats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoot him. 48. The prince of the ranchOn any subject ..... love, law ..... His word is final A) The Boss. B) Curley. C) Slim. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 49. But Lennie made an elaborate pantomime of innocence. A) Fragments of something broken into pieces. B) In a withdrawn or gloomy manner. C) Points of union. D) Imitate someone else's mannerisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imitate someone else's mannerisms. 50. Think intently and at length; reflect deeply on a subject A) Persuasive. B) Bemused. C) Contemplate. D) Bewildered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemplate. 51. What actually happens to Curley's hand? A) He got it stuck in a machine. B) George ran over it. C) Slim broke it. D) Lennie breaks it in a fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie breaks it in a fight. 52. Showing doubt or disbelief A) Skeptically. B) Mollified. C) Ominously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeptically. 53. An act or occasion of winning A) Scudded. B) Triumph. C) Lance. D) Dutiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triumph. 54. The girl's dress in WeedIs the exact same colorAs Curley's Wife's shoes ..... A) Red. B) Orange. C) Blue. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 55. She whimpered and cringed to the packing box, and jumped in among the puppies. A) Give moral or emotional strength to. B) Move in a twisting or contorted motion. C) Draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment. D) Turn away or aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment. 56. Consider in a comprehensive way; evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of A) Bewildered. B) Bemused. C) Appraise. D) Subside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appraise. 57. Removed; took off A) Junctures. B) Unsung. C) Brusque. D) Morosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unsung. 58. Tiny, slight strands or pieces A) Writhed. B) Wisps. C) Taloned. D) Sullenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisps. 59. TRUE or FALSE Slim feels no remorse for George in the end of the story A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. "Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again." This quote is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. 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