This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Noun; fragments of something broken into pieces A) Morosely. B) Debris. C) Anguished. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debris. 2. When Crooks stands up to Curley's wife, what happens? A) She begins to cry. B) She leaves. C) She threatens his life. D) She shuts up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She threatens his life. 3. Replace the word with a FANBOY:My mother's cake is my favorite; however, I love chocolate cake from Portillos. A) Nor. B) For. C) Yet. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yet. 4. Where two things come together A) Morosely. B) Junctures. C) Brusquely. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Junctures. 5. What theme is most prominently explored in Chapter 4 through the character of Crooks? A) The American Dream. B) Friendship. C) Loneliness and isolation. D) The nature of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loneliness and isolation. 6. What does Lenny keep doing that upsets George? A) Snoring. B) Forgetting things. C) Talking too much. D) Eating all the food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgetting things. 7. Distant, cold, or detached in manner A) Reverent. B) Bemused. C) Aloof. D) Poised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aloof. 8. Jazmyn's (a) demeanor often rubbed Nia the wrong way, making her feel like she was being talked down to and belittled at every turn. A) Douse. B) Morose. C) Derogatory. D) Indignation. E) Bristle. F) A imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: F) A imperious. 9. What does Slim gift Lennie at the beggining of the chapter? A) A puppy. B) A brown rabbit. C) A hat. D) A mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A puppy. 10. From context clues and our discussion, whats a synonym for the word "tart" ? A) Lucky. B) Handy. C) Flirty. D) Aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flirty. 11. The height of a conflict, drama, or action in a story A) Characterization. B) Plot. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 12. Removing feelings of distrust or unfriendliness A) Subsided. B) Disarming. C) Aloof. D) Averted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disarming. 13. Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing. A) Derogatory. B) Sullen. C) Deliberately. D) Liniment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derogatory. 14. What did Lennie try and sneak in? A) His dinner because they didn't let him eat in the bunkhouse. B) His puppy. C) Answer not given. D) His mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His puppy. 15. To throw large bags of grain on a truck A) Hobnob. B) Threshing. C) Buck barley. D) Thatching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buck barley. 16. Who had a dog and wants to live on the ranch with George and Lennie? A) Carlson. B) Candy. C) Slim. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy. 17. What is the main reason Crooks lives alone in the harness room? A) He is too worried about the horses to be far from them. B) The harness room has a light bulb so he can read at night. C) The other men don't like him being in the bunk-house because he is black. D) He lost a bet in a horseshoe tournament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The other men don't like him being in the bunk-house because he is black. 18. What is not a theme of the book A) Loneliness. B) Discrimination. C) Hopes and Dreams. D) Companionship. E) Hollywood. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hollywood. 19. An important circumstance OR two connecting moments A) Contemplate. B) Yammer. C) Juncture. D) Pantomime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juncture. 20. What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below? As a pacifist, I avoid all ..... people, as I do not like to interact with aggressive individuals. A) Imperious. B) Pugnacious. C) Apprehensive. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pugnacious. 21. In a blunt or direct manner A) Pantomime. B) Mimic. C) Brusquely. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brusquely. 22. How does the theme of power dynamics manifest in Chapter 4? A) Through the intellectual abilities of the characters. B) Through the social hierarchy on the ranch. C) Through the physical strength of the characters. D) Through the financial wealth of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the social hierarchy on the ranch. 23. Lennie is resentful when George orders him to do things. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 24. What is one of the main themes of 'Of Mice and Men' that focuses on the relationship between George and Lennie? A) Individuality and Competition. B) Fear and Mistrust. C) Friendship and Mutual Responsibility. D) Revenge and Betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friendship and Mutual Responsibility. 25. Extremely overbearing A) Moderately controlling. B) Imperious. C) Slightly domineering. D) Mildly oppressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperious. 26. Unsatisfactorily small; unsatisfying A) Fawning. B) Indignation. C) Mauled. D) Meager. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meager. 27. In what year was Steinbeck chosen as 1 of the Ten Most Outstanding Young Men of the Year? A) 1957. B) 2007. C) 1937. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1937. 28. What is the story behind the red dress? A) The day Lennie rapped a girl. B) A day when Lennie stroked some puppies. C) They day Lennie saw something nice and wanted to touch it. D) None of them is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They day Lennie saw something nice and wanted to touch it. 29. When the novel starts, how many men are introduced? A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 30. What does George tell Lennie to do when the boss asks him a question? A) Answer. B) Stay quiet. C) Walk away. D) Answer with a lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay quiet. 31. Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk? A) Slim and the boss. B) Curley and Slim. C) Candy and Curley's wife. D) Curley's wife and Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candy and Curley's wife. 32. Aside from George, who is the only other migrant worker that understood what happened? A) Curley. B) Crooks. C) Slim. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 33. What does Crooks retract at the end of the chapter? A) His offer to work on the dream farm. B) His complaint about his room. C) His request for new shoes. D) His threat to tell the boss on Lennie. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His offer to work on the dream farm. 34. The artificial application of water to land to assist in production of crops A) Irrigation. B) Mollify. C) Juncture. D) Scowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrigation. 35. What do you know about Lennie Small? A) He likes to pet soft things. B) He is smart. C) He takes care of George. D) He remembers details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He likes to pet soft things. 36. What does Crooks' story about his childhood convey about his current situation? A) Nostalgia for a better time. B) Anger towards his family. C) Satisfaction with his life. D) Hope for the future. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nostalgia for a better time. 37. Which quotes best supports the answer for Question #8? A) "He's scared Curley'll get mad.". B) "You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley.". C) "Don't you worry none. He was jus' a mutt.". D) "I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley.". 38. How were women viewed by men? A) As second-class citizens, who should be happy in their roles as wives, mothers and working low-skilled jobs, such as maids. B) As equals to men. C) As valued members of society in their roles as mothers and wives. D) As a threat to men as they were trying to steal men's jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As second-class citizens, who should be happy in their roles as wives, mothers and working low-skilled jobs, such as maids. 39. Commanding attention; making a strong impression A) Concealing. B) Subdued. C) Impressively. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impressively. 40. When Lennie promises he will not talk when they meet the boss but later does is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 41. Which character wants to be included in George and Lennie's dream of living in their own house and off the "fat of the land" ? A) Slim. B) Andy Cushman. C) Candy. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candy. 42. This person suggests that Candy shoot his old dog ..... A) The Boss. B) Carlson. C) Slim. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlson. 43. A cereal grain is also known as: A) Wisps. B) Barley. C) Swamper. D) Bindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barley. 44. This photo shows A) Family. B) Bindlestiffs. C) Salesmen. D) Delivery men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bindlestiffs. 45. Extra Credit:What does Lennie like with his beans? A) Dead mice. B) Ketchup. C) Relish. D) Mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ketchup. 46. When Lennie overhears Slim talking about his dog having puppies, how does Lennie react? A) He acts like he doesn't care about the puppies. B) He begs George to ask Slim if he can have a brown and white puppy. C) He asks Slim himself if he can have a puppy. D) He plans to steal all of the puppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He begs George to ask Slim if he can have a brown and white puppy. 47. Gathered or collected. A) Appraised. B) Crestfallen. C) Dignity. D) Accumulated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accumulated. 48. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:blighted/ improved A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 49. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie's hand came a muffled screaming. A) Move in a twisting or contorted motion. B) Attempting to win favor by flattery. C) Give moral or emotional strength to. D) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move in a twisting or contorted motion. 50. Decode the following idiom commonly used in central California in the 1930s and found in Of Mice and Men. "got the eye" A) Candy is referring to the fact that Slim has an eye for good workers. B) Candy is referring to the fact that, Curley's wife tends to look at other men. C) Candy is referring to the fact that Curley has the eye of a lightweight boxer. D) Candy is referring to the suspicious Boss who has his eye on George. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy is referring to the fact that, Curley's wife tends to look at other men. 51. Brusquely (adverb) A) Marked by complexity and richness of detail. B) Spoken in a blunt and direct manner. C) Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. D) Having spots or patches of color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spoken in a blunt and direct manner. 52. Who took Candy's dog in Chapter Three? A) Slim. B) Carlson. C) Curley. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlson. 53. Define BEWILDERED A) Completely forgotten. B) Completely confused. C) Completely impressed. D) Completely joyous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Completely confused. 54. This character is the most respected person on the ranch. A) Slim. B) George. C) The boss. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slim. 55. Adj.; unsatisfactorily small; unsatisfying A) Scornful. B) Fawning. C) Meager. D) Liniment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meager. 56. Pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situations, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self satisfied A) Majesty. B) Deliberately. C) Pugnacious. D) Complacently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complacently. 57. Expressive of a low opinion A) Derogatory. B) Ominously. C) Bridled. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derogatory. 58. What is Candy's disability? A) He has a club foot. B) He has poor eyesight. C) He is old and is missing a hand. D) He is deaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is old and is missing a hand. 59. What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below? When the girl was stricken with chicken pox, her skin was ..... with itchy, painful spots. A) Imperious. B) Dignity. C) Gravity. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mottled. 60. In which state was author John Steinbeck born? A) Iowa. B) California. C) Las Vegas. D) Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California. ← 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