Of Mice and Men Chapter 1

Which of these best describes the setting for the opening of the novel??

• Near the Salinas River, south of Soledad on a warm day.

• On the top of a mountain in the Winter snow

• On a ranch in Weed, California.

• On a beach in Southern Mexico near the Pacific Ocean.

What year did the Great Depression start??

• 1894

• 1909

• 1950

• 1929

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George is described as...

• Has a sour look on his face - harsh jaw line, angry looking, bold an mean.

• small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.

• Tall, skinny, pale - loud and smart. Brave and bold.

• Short and wrinkled, with short gray hair. He was as quiet as a mouse.

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What is the name of the town that Lennie and George have left behind?

• Salinas

• Weed

• Murphy

• Sacramento

What is a "bindle" ??

• the name for a can a beans back in the day

• a sack/backpack for migrant workers

• an old broken down car

• an old, rustic, wooden, cabin.

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Who always used to give Lennie mice? Why did he/she stop giving them to him?

• George - because he started eating them.

• Curly - because he did not want Lennie petting mice.

• The owner of the Weed ranch - because he found Lennie's pile of dead mice.

• Aunt Clara - because he always killed them.

What animal does Lennie want to start getting instead of mice?

• Rat

• Chipmunk

• Rabbits

• Squirrel

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What do they eat for dinner on the first night of the story??

• rice and beans

• roasted mice and ketchup

• three cans of beans

• spinach and cooked dove

What happened in Weed that got George and Lennie kicked out?

• He murdered the owner of the ranch after he took the mice away from Lennie.

• Lennie was "feeling" on some girl's dress and held on to her like he did the dead mouse.

• Lennie stole all the mice from the ranch and accidently killed them.

• He accidently killed a fellow migrant-worker/rancher.

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What does George say that he wishes he could do to Lennie?

• Just kill him and dump his body

• He wants to take him back to Aunt Clara's house so he doesn't have to deal with him anymore.

• He wants to ditch him at this ranch and skip town

• He wants to put him in a cage with a million mice and let him have fun.

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