This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In line 17, the word contorts means- A) Pauses. B) Shakes. C) Twists. D) Drops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twists. 2. Faith's martial arts training allowed her to ..... her attacker with ease, using her quick reflexes and strategic maneuvers to protect herself and neutralize the threat. A) Deride. B) Pantomime. C) Mollify. D) Subdue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subdue. 3. To cast something off; to get rid of; to shed A) Plaintively. B) Flounced. C) Gingerly. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slough. 4. And Pierre, anxiously trying to remember whether he had done anything ..... , looked round with a blush. A) Cowering. B) Receptive. C) Mauled. D) Reprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprehensible. 5. What does the word 'mottled' mean? A) Points of union; connections. B) Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered. C) Spotted; marked with different colors. D) Think deeply about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spotted; marked with different colors. 6. In the text it states the following: "Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision" (Steinbeck). What part of speech is the word derision based on the way it is used in the text? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 7. Think or ponder about something A) Investigate. B) Anguish. C) Careens. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemplate. 8. Why does Candy react so bitterly towards Curley's Wife? A) He thinks she deserved it. B) Her death represents the death of his own dreams. C) He hates Curley and his wife for being together. D) He hates all women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her death represents the death of his own dreams. 9. "(He's) pretty handy. He done a bit in the ring. He's a lightweight, and he's handy." Who is being described here? A) Curley. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley. 10. Adj.; spotted; marked with different colors A) Junctures. B) Pantomime. C) Brusquely. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mottled. 11. Stable buck is a- A) Man who takes care of puppies in a barn. B) Man who takes care of cows in a barn. C) Man who cleans and takes care of the harnesses for horses or mules in a big barn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man who cleans and takes care of the harnesses for horses or mules in a big barn. 12. What season occurs at the opening of the novel? A) Fall. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring. 13. Twist or squirm, especially from feelings of pain A) Writhe. B) Bewildered. C) Hurl. D) Snivel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writhe. 14. When will Lennie get to tend rabbits? A) When they go to work at the new farm. B) When the boss starts his rabbit farm. C) When Aunt Clara sends for them. D) When they buy themselves a farm of their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When they buy themselves a farm of their own. 15. Define CRESTFALLEN A) Mystified, confused. B) Anxious, nervous. C) Downcast, disappointed. D) Surprised, happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Downcast, disappointed. 16. Curley's Wife thought her mom stole a letter, so as revenge she ..... A) Married Curley. B) Ran away from home. C) Went to Hollywood. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A & B. 17. Who shot Candy's dog to put it out of its misery? A) Slim. B) Whit. C) George. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carlson. 18. Taking advantage of people's lower position to personally benefit;selfish utilization A) Despair. B) Plight. C) Exploitation. D) Exodus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exploitation. 19. What is the name of the "skinner" ? A) Starved. B) Thin. C) Fat. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slim. 20. To confuse or bewilder A) Bemuse. B) Perplex. C) Clarify. D) Enlighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bemuse. 21. Another SYNONYM for indignation is ..... A) Calm. B) Ignore. C) Displeasure. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displeasure. 22. Which of the following words matches the definition: "brought low in spirit" ? A) Discontent. B) Hover. C) Scorn. D) Crestfallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crestfallen. 23. What theme is explored in Chapter 5 of Of Mice and Men? A) Friendship. B) Loneliness. C) Love. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loneliness. 24. Mournful and Expressing sorrow A) Morose. B) Plaintive. C) Slough. D) Wispy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plaintive. 25. Who is the only man to understand the bond between Lennie and George? A) Curley. B) Slim. C) No one understood their bond. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slim. 26. Which character is missing his right hand, is old and has an old dog? A) Candy. B) Curley. C) Crooks. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy. 27. On the floor or lying down A) Dead. B) Recumbent. C) Wistful. D) Exasperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recumbent. 28. Lingered; stayed suspended A) Craftily. B) Emphasis. C) Gingham. D) Hovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hovered. 29. The shape or manner in which things come together A) Juncture. B) Pantomime. C) Recumbent. D) Ominously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juncture. 30. Why do the men avoid Curley's wife? A) They don't avoid her, she avoids them. B) Because she is wanted for murder. C) Because she isn't nice. D) Because they fear that Curley will beat them up if he catches them near her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because they fear that Curley will beat them up if he catches them near her. 31. Which of these statements about George and Lennie's shared dream for their future is best supported by the text? pg. 14-15 A) Lennie is looking forward to tending rabbits, and George is looking forward to being self-sufficient. B) George is looking forward to panning for gold in a river that runs through his land, and Lennie is looking forward to drinking from the stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lennie is looking forward to tending rabbits, and George is looking forward to being self-sufficient. 32. What excuse does George give for not arriving earlier? A) The screwdriver gave them "a bum steer". B) The bus driver gave them "a bum steer". C) The train driver gave them "a bum steer". D) The taxi driver gave them "a bum steer". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bus driver gave them "a bum steer". 33. What was the long narrative poem written by John Milton that is important for understanding the novel and its message about dreams never coming true? A) To a Grecian Urn. B) Sonnet 29. C) Paradise Lost. D) The Grapes of Wrath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradise Lost. 34. What does Curley's constant questioning about his wife's whereabouts indirectly suggest about his character? A) Confidence. B) Insecurity. C) Indifference . D) Trustworthiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insecurity. 35. What was the name of the newspaper Steinbeck worked for? A) The American. B) The Roots. C) The Canadian. D) The Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American. 36. Which word means "in a careful and unhurried way" ? A) Gingerly. B) Deliberately. C) Promptly. D) Abruptly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deliberately. 37. What did George think of Curley's wife? A) He likes her and he's planning on fighting Curley. B) He thought she was mean. C) He thought she wasn't nearly as pretty as Carlson had made her out to be. D) Answer not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Answer not given. 38. What is the setting of the story as described in the opening of the chapter? A) South of Soledad, near the Salinas River. B) Near a city in California. C) On a farm in Kansas. D) In the mountains of Colorado. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South of Soledad, near the Salinas River. 39. Which character is responsible, caring, and goal-oriented? A) Lennie. B) George. C) Candy. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George. 40. After Curley's wife was killed in the barn, the mother dog could tell something ..... happened just by her sense of smell. A) Ominous. B) Pugnacious. C) Reprehensible. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 41. He entered the room in a regal fashion, displaying the ..... of his bearing. A) Scoff. B) Derogatory. C) Liniment. D) Majesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Majesty. 42. What word means:laugh at with contempt and derision? A) Scoff. B) Plead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoff. 43. His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 44. Curley ..... in pain when Lennie crushed his hand. A) Retorted. B) Writhed. C) Appraised. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhed. 45. Reserved; Indifferent; Disinterested A) Solitaire. B) Bemused. C) Crestfallen. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aloof. 46. What did Slim do to four of Lulu's (his dog's) puppies? A) Gave them away. B) Drowned them. C) Sold them. D) Named them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drowned them. 47. Define CONTORTED A) Greatly bent out of shape. B) Larger than expected. C) Buried in a hole. D) Brightly coloured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greatly bent out of shape. 48. What does Lennie ask George to get for him in scene 2? A) A new pair of pants for work. B) One of slim's puppies. C) A new rabbit. D) Ketchup for his beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of slim's puppies. 49. What is NOT something that George is worried about? A) Getting into trouble with Curley's wife. B) Curley picking a fight. C) The boss firing them. D) Disappointing Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disappointing Slim. 50. One way to ..... Lennie, was to discuss the future plan of having a farm with animals. A) Confront. B) Upset. C) Deride. D) Mollify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mollify. 51. Adverb; in an unrelentingly harsh or cruel way A) Brutally. B) Disarming. C) Aloof. D) Scornful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brutally. 52. Colored red, as with lipstick A) Rouged. B) Bemused. C) Precede. D) Cowering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rouged. 53. Who is Curley looking for when he comes in? A) His father. B) Lennie. C) His wife. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His wife. 54. Inclined to quarrel or right readily; combative A) Derogatory. B) Bridled. C) Liniment. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 55. Which word best describes the mood of the passage? A) Disgusted. B) Tense. C) Enthusiastic. D) Peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tense. 56. Why was the Boss cross with George and Lennie? A) Because they arrived late. B) Because they upset Curley. C) Because they didn't plan on staying long. D) Because they caused trouble on the ranch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they arrived late. 57. Why doe Curley dislike Lennie? A) Because he is rich. B) Because he big. C) Because he is smart. D) Because he is mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he big. 58. What is the difference between mood and tone? A) Mood is about the reader; tone is about the author. B) Mood is based on descriptive writing techniques. whereas tone is not. C) There is no difference; they are synonyms. D) Mood is about the author; tone is about the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood is about the reader; tone is about the author. 59. What type of workers were George and Lennie? A) Immigrants. B) Migrant. C) City dwellers. D) Cattle drivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migrant. 60. Who said this:'He's my ..... cousin.' A) Lennie. B) Slim. C) George. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George. ← 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