This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournful A) Plaintively. B) Handy. C) Gingerly. D) Flounced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plaintively. 2. Which word means "a place where things join" ? A) They recline. B) Lumber. C) Drone. D) Junction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junction. 3. An anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy A) Contemptuously. B) Appraised. C) Sullenness. D) Indignation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indignation. 4. An implement drawn between rows or growing plants to loosen the earth and destroy weeds. A) Solitaire. B) Cultivator. C) Raptly. D) Nuisance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultivator. 5. On what hand does Curley wear a glove? A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 6. What is the significance of the character Slim in the story? A) Slim is a minor character who has no significant role in the story. B) Slim is a lazy and unskilled worker who causes trouble for the other characters. C) Slim is a skilled and respected worker who serves as a confidant and mediator, providing guidance and support to the other characters. D) Slim is a villain who manipulates and deceives the other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim is a skilled and respected worker who serves as a confidant and mediator, providing guidance and support to the other characters. 7. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:morose/ cranky A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 8. Deserving censure or condemnation A) Reprehensible. B) Mimic. C) Derogatory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprehensible. 9. Guys that work on ranches are the ..... guys in the world according to George. A) Saddest. B) Bravest. C) Loneliest. D) Happiest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loneliest. 10. Shake something abruptly A) Wooden. B) Jar. C) Scudded. D) Monotonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jar. 11. What is one physical quality Lenny had? A) Big. B) Thin hands. C) Small. D) Athletic-looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big. 12. What is a synonym for gravity? A) Intelligence. B) Humanity. C) Seriousness. D) Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seriousness. 13. (adj) lying down, describing something flat on the ground A) Elaborate. B) Brusque. C) Recumbent. D) Redundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recumbent. 14. Who is the most respected person on the ranch? A) Lennie. B) George. C) Curley. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slim. 15. Which plot element in Chapter 4 serves as a catalyst for revealing the depth of Crooks' loneliness? A) The description of his room. B) Lennie's visit to Crooks' room. C) The card game happening without Crooks. D) Crooks' conversation with Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie's visit to Crooks' room. 16. To seize, arrest, take in to custody A) Free. B) Indignation. C) Apprehend. D) Release. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehend. 17. A performance using gestures and body movements without words A) Pantomime. B) Bindle. C) Morosely. D) Stilted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pantomime. 18. What inference can be made about George's feelings towards Lennie at the end of Chapter 5? A) He resents Lennie for his actions. B) He is determined to protect Lennie no matter what. C) He believes Lennie did the right thing. D) He feels indifferent towards Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is determined to protect Lennie no matter what. 19. A reference in one work of literature to another work of literature is A) Idiom. B) Theme. C) Direct characterization. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. Satiated is a neutral mood word, true or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Which word means "eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight" ? A) Mollify. B) Salacious. C) Bellicose. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 22. What does Lennie remember not to do, as instructed by George? A) Not specified. B) To not speak to the boss. C) To not mention their previous employment. D) To not say anything when they meet the boss. E) To not lose his work card. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To not say anything when they meet the boss. 23. Adj.; completely confused or puzzled A) Bewildered. B) Woe. C) Hurled. D) Cringed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bewildered. 24. Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious A) Anguish. B) Mollify. C) Scowl. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ominous. 25. Anger due to unjust or unfair treatment A) Disarming. B) Indignation. C) Meager. D) Mauled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indignation. 26. 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. 27. If the living conditions in a bunk house are disgusting and filthy, that building could be described as being a ..... A) Cesspool. B) Slough. C) Fawning. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cesspool. 28. Why is Lennie in the barn in the first place? A) To take the horses out. B) To help Crooks. C) To pet his puppy. D) To look for George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To pet his puppy. 29. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:ensue/ occur A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 30. Foreshadowing is A) A character. B) The tone of the story. C) A description of the setting. D) A hint about what might happen later. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hint about what might happen later. 31. What is George's surname? A) Milton. B) Small. C) Jones. D) Thompson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milton. 32. The shape or manner in which things come together=contorted A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. 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. 34. Ranch-hand; invites George to go to Susy's place A) Crooks. B) Lennie. C) Whit. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whit. 35. 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. 36. 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. 37. "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. 38. Why is Crooks concerned with Lennie in Chapter Three? A) Lennie is touching Crooks things. B) Lennie was talking to Curley's wife. C) Lennie accidently killed a rabbit. D) Lennie keeps taking the puppies away from their mother to pet them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie keeps taking the puppies away from their mother to pet them. 39. George and Lennie keep talking about a "stake" . What are they talking about? A) A piece of meat. B) A sum of money. C) A horse. D) A stick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sum of money. 40. Mrs. Dant's face ..... with rage as she realized there was no more coffee left in the pot. A) Lumbered. B) Scuttled. C) Hovered. D) Contorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contorted. 41. Uninvolved with people or events; distant or remote A) Fawning. B) Aloof. C) Disarming. D) Meager. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aloof. 42. Synonyms for this word are jeers, ridicule, and mockery. A) Writhed. B) Derogatory. C) Gingham. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 43. How does Lennie like his beans? A) With ketchup. B) With hot sauce. C) With mayo. D) With mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With ketchup. 44. Deficient in amount or quality or extent A) Anguish. B) Meager. C) Contemplate. D) Ominously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meager. 45. Why does Crooks scold Lennie when he visits? A) For coming into his room without permission. B) For not feeding the horses. C) For taking the puppies from the nest too much. D) For talking too loudly. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For coming into his room without permission. 46. Pulled away in a frightened manner A) Cringe. B) Bewildered. C) Console. D) Contort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cringe. 47. Participle; adj; shouting or laughing at someone or something in a mocking or hurtful way. A) Cringed. B) Jeering. C) Writhed. D) Woe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jeering. 48. If you have a meager salary, you ..... A) Don't have a lot of money. B) Have a lot of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't have a lot of money. 49. Pierce with a sharp instrument A) Wooden. B) Monotonous. C) Scudded. D) Lance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lance. 50. Describe the relationship between George and Lennie. A) George is Lennie's father. B) George is Lennie's best friend. C) George is Lennie's boss. D) George acts as a caretaker for Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George acts as a caretaker for Lennie. 51. Who is big, slow, and panics in situations A) Curley's Wife. B) Lennie. C) Candy. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 52. Deficient in quantity A) Disarming. B) Mauled. C) Persuasive. D) Meager. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meager. 53. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:reprehensible/ sinful A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 54. Clever or tricky A) Crafty. B) Triumph. C) Retort. D) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crafty. 55. What does the death of Curley's wife symbolize in Chapter 5? A) Loss of innocence and harsh reality. B) Hope and redemption. C) Betrayal and deceit. D) Loneliness and isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of innocence and harsh reality. 56. Which of the following completes the analogy below? imperious:humble as generous: A) Miser. B) Frugal. C) Selfish. D) Stingy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stingy. 57. What did we learn about Slim in the end of the chapter? A) He's great at solitaire. B) He loves baseball. C) He doesn't like Candy. D) His dog had puppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His dog had puppies. 58. The manner of being arrogantly domineering or overbearing; marked by a sense of urgency A) Morosely. B) Imperiously. C) Complacently. D) Ominously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperiously. 59. Regal, lofty our stately dignity. A) Ominously. B) Pugnacious. C) Deliberately. D) Majesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Majesty. 60. Which word means reclining or lying down? A) Lumber. B) Stilted. C) Recumbent. D) Vicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recumbent. ← 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