Of Mice And Men Character Analysis
This quiz will help test your knowledge and understanding of the characters in John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men
- 1.What does Curley's wife's' confession of her unhappy life and ruined dreams do?
- A.
Make her seem like a liar
- B.
Make her seem far more human and vulnerable
- C.
Proves she is cruel and vindictive
- D.
Make her a stereotypical tramp
- 2.What happened to George's dream of a farm at the end of the novel?
- A.
With Lennie gone, he realises it was an impossible dream
- B.
He and Candy decide to keep pursing it
- C.
Candy tells him he's changed his mind and doesn't want to be apart of it all
- D.
George realises it was Lennie's dream and he never really cared about it
- 3.What does Crooks want more than anything else?
- A.
To have his own farm
- B.
To get married to someone like Curley's wife
- C.
To belong somewhere
- D.
To have children
- 4.What is Candy afraid of?
- A.
That Lennie will hurt him
- B.
That he is losing his mind
- C.
That Carlson will shoot him in the back of the head
- D.
That the boss will soon fire him and force him off the ranch because of his age
- 5.What words best describe Lennie
- A.
Gregarious, talkative, noisy
- B.
Simple, helpless, innocent, doomed
- C.
Sharp, incisive, quick-tempered, forgiving
- D.
Secretive, impulsive, mean-spirited
- 6.Where does Crooks, the stablehand, get his name from?
- A.
Because he used to be a shepherd and carry, a crook or a shepherd's staff
- B.
From stealing
- C.
From his crooked back
- D.
Because when he was a baby he always slept in the crool of his fathers arm
- 7.Which ranch hand has an ancient dog that gets shot?
- A.
Carlson
- B.
Candy
- C.
Slim
- D.
Whit
- 8.Which character is a boxer and quick to pick fights with the other men?
- A.
Curley, the boss's son
- B.
Whit, a strong ranch-hand
- C.
The boss
- D.
Slim, the mule driver
- 9.Who is Aunt Clara?
- A.
The woman George and Lennie want to by the farm from
- B.
George's wife who left him because Lennie was too much of burden
- C.
One of the prostitutes in town
- D.
The woman who raised and took care of Lennie
- 10.What do the men think of Slim?
- A.
They distrust him
- B.
They wish he'd stop meddling in their business
- C.
They think he's aloof and condescending
- D.
They respect him and his opinions
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