Of Mice and Men chapter 1

What does the name Soledad mean?

• Happiness

• Loneliness

• Distance

• Friendship

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What is the significance of the campfire ashes?

• Someone cooked some food

• Someone was feeling cold

• Men have experienced this before

• Men have enjoyed being in the woods

Which of the following are signs that George and Lennie are low paid workers? (Tick all that apply)

• Spoken Language

• Denim clothing

• Itinerant lifestyle

• Type of work

• Lack of personal possessions

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What the key characteristics of George and Lennie’s dream?

• Choosing when to work

• Self sufficiency

• Independence from bosses

• Companionship

• Paid holidays

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Why did George and Lennie get off the bus early? (Tick two)

• To avoid half a day of work

• Because the driver tricked them

• Because they felt like a walk

• They couldn’t afford the price of the full ticket

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How does the reader know that George has told Lennie the dream on many occasions before this?

• Lennie enjoys it

• Lennie can repeat the words

• George has a singsong voice

• George raps it, with style

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To manipulate George and make him guilty, Lennie threatens to leave and live in a...

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Lennie is extremely ________ on George for his basic needs and organisation.

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Steinbeck frequently uses animal ___________ to make comparisons between the characters and qualities of animals.

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Which poet is linked to by Steinbeck’s choice of title for the novel?

• Seamus Heaney

• William Shakespeare

• Benjamin Zephaniah

• Robert Burns

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