This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Calm, easy-going, and composed are antonyms for: A) Receptive. B) Reprehensible. C) Apprehensive. D) Disarming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehensive. 2. Why doesn't George let Lennie keep the puppy in this chapter? A) It was supposed to be a surprise. B) The boss said Lennie couldn't have it. C) George doesn't trust Lennie with animals. D) The puppy is only a day old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The puppy is only a day old. 3. Who is the stable buck? A) Curley's wife. B) Slim. C) Crooks. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crooks. 4. Which symbol, mentioned in the second section of novel, reminds the reader that the ranch is place where some unpleasant acts are necessary? A) The shooting of Candy's dog. B) The lack of friendship among the men. C) The treatment of Crooks. D) The drowning of Lulu's pups. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The drowning of Lulu's pups. 5. This character likes to pet soft things. A) Curley's wife. B) Lennie. C) George. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 6. What is the overall tone of this part of the play? A) Energetic. B) Dramatic. C) Auspicious. D) Supportive. E) Annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auspicious. 7. What came out of the swampers sleeve? A) A hand of cards, but no aces. B) A stick like wrist, but no hand. C) A hook, but no crocodile. D) A puppy but no rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A stick like wrist, but no hand. 8. Mrs. Dant always tries her best to have a ..... attitude at the beginning of every class by saying hello to all who enter her room. A) Receptive. B) Derogatory. C) Monotonous. D) Crestfallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptive. 9. How long have Curley and his wife been married? A) 2 months. B) 2 weeks. C) 2 days. D) 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 weeks. 10. What causes George to stop playing mean-spirited jokes on Lennie? A) Carlson shoots Candy's dog. B) A frazzled Aunt Clara yells at George to stop. C) Lennie jumps in the river when George tells him to and almost drowns. D) Lennie cries too much and George cannot handle the tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lennie jumps in the river when George tells him to and almost drowns. 11. Become less excited; calmed down A) Scornful. B) Subsided. C) Meager. D) Persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsided. 12. Uninteresting or boring A) Monotonous. B) Dutiful. C) Lance. D) Crafty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monotonous. 13. This character tries to pick a fight with Lennie. A) Crooks. B) Curley. C) George. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley. 14. What excuse does George give to the boss for Lennie's slowness? A) He has no idea why Lennie is the way he is. B) He has a mental disability. C) He was kicked in the head by a horse. D) He was sick a lot when he was a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was kicked in the head by a horse. 15. This character is very serious and business-like. He is suspicious of George and Lennie and says he will keep a close eye on them. A) Slim. B) The stablebuck. C) The boss. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boss. 16. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:drifter, derelict A) Tramp. B) Despair. C) Brusquely. D) Emerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tramp. 17. Carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional A) Morosely. B) Deliberately. C) Triumphantly. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deliberately. 18. Draco Malfoy was ..... attacked by Harry Potter, bleeding profusely in the bathroom from Harry's spell. A) Brutally. B) Earnestly. C) Imperiously. D) Skeptically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brutally. 19. Lennie believes that George will now be mad at him and not let him tend what? A) The rabbits. B) The chickens. C) More puppies. D) Bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rabbits. 20. Which word describes 'fragments of something broken into pieces'? A) Debris. B) Pantomime. C) Junctures. D) Morosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debris. 21. What does Carlson tell Candy to do with his old dog? A) Sell it. B) Shoot it. C) Drown it. D) Keep it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoot it. 22. It was difficult to see as the ..... of the falling snow was increasing by the hour. A) Intensity. B) Receptive. C) Cowering. D) Mauled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensity. 23. How was George different from a typical ranch worker in the story? A) He lacks experience. B) He has a family. C) He has a traveling companion. D) He stays at each job for over a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has a traveling companion. 24. As if standing on stilts; artificially formal A) Yammer. B) Dabble. C) Morosely. D) Stilted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stilted. 25. Why does George go back to the bunkhouse and pretend to not know about Curley's Wife? A) George believes that Lennie didn't do it, so eh wants to see if he is in the bunkhouse. B) George doesn't want Curley to think he was in on it. C) Curley will think that George killed her. D) George wants to forget what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George doesn't want Curley to think he was in on it. 26. The dark clouds were ..... of a bad storm coming. A) Consoling. B) Mollifying. C) Ominous. D) Cringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ominous. 27. Burden; loaded down A) They recline. B) Plaintive. C) Mollify. D) Laden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laden. 28. What does Lennie's interaction with Crooks reveal about his understanding of racial prejudice? A) Lennie is fully aware of racial issues. B) Lennie does not understand Crooks' situation. C) Lennie tries to convince Crooks that race doesn't matter. D) Lennie is indifferent to Crooks' feelings. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie does not understand Crooks' situation. 29. Feeling or expressing great contempt for someone or something A) Fawning. B) Disarming. C) Indignation. D) Scornful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scornful. 30. Which word works best to complete the sentence below? Simone Biles is one of the top gymnasts in the world, and her ..... routines involve countless hours of preparation. A) Gingerly. B) Burlap. C) Pugnacious. D) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elaborate. 31. Who criticizes Lennie for speaking to the boss? A) Candy, the old swamper. B) Curley. C) Carlson. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George. 32. Candy regrets not shooting his dog himself. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. The ability to read A) Stigma. B) Ominous. C) Literate. D) Timid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literate. 34. If a person is speaking in a way that is blunt and to the point, filled with ungracious harshness, they are speaking ..... A) Derision. B) Mollified. C) Fawning. D) Brusquely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brusquely. 35. Lennie says to George "'Well, I could. I could go off in the hills there. Someplace I'd find a cave." ' Why does Lennie say this? A) It's a defensive reaction to George's anger. B) Lennie is tired of George. C) Lennie wants to live among the animals. D) Lennie wants to be more independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's a defensive reaction to George's anger. 36. How does the setting contribute to the mood in Crooks' room during his conversation with Lennie? A) It makes the mood more cheerful. B) It emphasizes the isolation and tension. C) It is unrelated to the mood. D) It creates a sense of openness and freedom. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasizes the isolation and tension. 37. George criticizes other men saying, they sit around and drink, "blowin' their stake ..... "This idiom refers to A) Saving as much money as possible in order to buy some land. B) The cooling of the beans after they take them off of the campfire. C) Scattering fence posts after a fight. D) Losing, spending, or gambling away money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Losing, spending, or gambling away money. 38. Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. A) Raptly. B) Bemused. C) Aloof. D) Reprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprehensible. 39. Weak, scared, shy A) Misnomer. B) Ominously. C) Timid. D) Stigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timid. 40. Extra Credit:In what state is the novel set? A) Florida. B) New York. C) Missouri. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 41. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:desperation, gloom A) Emerging. B) Lumber. C) Tramp. D) Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despair. 42. Whit enters the bunkhouse with a magazine featuring a man he used to work with. Why is the man in the magazine? A) He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication. B) He was an undercover journalist, who wrote a piece exposing the difficult working conditions of migrant farmers. C) He is a fugitive, the subject of a nationwide manhunt. D) He recently bought a farm much like the one George and Lennie hope to own. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication. 43. Which vocabulary word means "ridicule; mockery" ? A) Swamper. B) Derision. C) Pantomime. D) Imperiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 44. To quiet or bring under control by physical force A) Concealing. B) Subdued. C) Impressively. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subdued. 45. Able to make decisions quickly; firm A) Decisive. B) Flounced. C) Derogatory. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decisive. 46. Which word means, "to walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way" ? A) Deliberately. B) Relish. C) Flounce. D) Abruptly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flounce. 47. What does the death of Curley's wife symbolize in the novel? A) The dangers of isolation. B) The power of dreams. C) The destruction caused by loneliness. D) The fragility of human life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destruction caused by loneliness. 48. Means something bad is about to happen A) Pugnacious. B) Dejectedly. C) Anguished. D) Ominously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ominously. 49. The crowd greeted their arrival with mockery and ..... A) Meager. B) Reprehensible. C) Derision. D) Receptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 50. Why does Curley's wife feel lonely on the ranch? A) She is not allowed to have a life or identity of her own. B) She is a "tart" and isn't happy unless she is causing trouble. C) She used to be a movie star and hates ranch life. D) Curley always teased her in front of other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is not allowed to have a life or identity of her own. 51. Lennie and Crook's common bond is that they are both- A) Lonely. B) Physically handicapped. C) Incapable of playing cards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lonely. 52. Being sullen or gloomy A) Joyful. B) Happy. C) Cheerful. D) Morose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morose. 53. Which character is arrogant, pugnacious, and insecure? A) Crooks. B) Slim. C) Curley. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley. 54. Which character wants to shoot Lennie? A) Curley's Wife. B) George. C) Curley. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley. 55. Which character is old and an example of what happens to lonely men on ranches as they grow older? A) Candy. B) Slim. C) Curley. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy. 56. What is Carlson's solution to the problem of the dog? A) Nurse it back to health. B) Poison it. C) Lose it. D) Shoot it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoot it. 57. Which statement best describes how Lennie is supposed to behave in front of the new boss at the ranch? A) Lennie is supposed to tell the boss all the details of why they left their last job. B) Lennie is supposed to impress the boss with his sense of humor. C) Lennie is supposed to beat up the boss and take his wallet. D) Lennie is supposed to keep silent and let George do all the talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie is supposed to keep silent and let George do all the talking. 58. Which of the following statements about George best supports the idea he is getting frustrated with Lennie? A) "You can have a million rabbits Lennie.". B) "O.K. Someday-we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs". C) "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. D) "Good boy! That's fine, Lennie! Maybe you're gettin' better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. 59. In a pleased or self-satisfied way, often without awareness of some potential danger or defect A) Ominously. B) Mollified. C) Complacently. D) Contorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complacently. 60. "Some people got kinda coarse hair, " she said complacently. A) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. B) Rough to the touch. C) Cry or whine with snuffling. D) Reveal in private. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough to the touch. ← 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