Senior High School: 11th and 12th Grade - Literature - Of Mice And Men - Extract 1 Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

What is the immediate context for this passage?

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Lennie has been upset because George took away his dead mouse
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George has been talking about the dream of owning land
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The two men are in hiding near Weed
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Lennie has just killed the puppy

Q.2.

What immediately follows this passage?

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Curley comes looking for his wife
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The scene shifts to the following day
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Lennie persuades George to talk about their dream
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George deals the cards

Q.3.

Which phrase demonstrates Lennie's physical capacity for endurance?

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"Threw them in a heap"
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"Not quite touching"
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"Anguished face"
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"More and more"

Q.4.

What does the reader learn about George in this passage?

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He sometimes resents Lennie
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He worries about the consequences of Lennie's actions
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He feels ashamed for the way he sometimes behaves towards Lennie
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All of the above

Q.5.

Why does Lennie's wish for ketchup cause George to explode?

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Lennie lost the ketchup when the two men fled from Weed
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George is typically unreasonable and angry
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The ketchup reminds George of the episode with the young woman
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The wish represents Lennie's innocent lack of awareness

Q.6.

George explodes, speaks furiously and nearly shouts. At what point does his manner towards Lennie change?

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He mimics girls' voices
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He sees Lennie's face
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He thinks about what he could do with his own wages
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He throws another log on the fire

Q.7.

How does the reader know that Lennie does not want George to be angry with him? Choose the best answer.

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He doesn't interrupt George
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He moves around the fire
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He pretends to have been joking about wanting ketchup
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He builds up the fire when George asks him to do so

Q.8.

After George's outburst, how does the atmosphere change?

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It becomes still
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It becomes dreary
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It becomes sorrowful
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It becomes tense

Q.9.

What does the manner of Lennie's approach to George tell the reader?

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Lennie always moves slowly
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Lennie is still deeply afraid of George
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George is frequently angry and it is Lennie's role to placate him
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Lennie has a childlike trust in George's care for him

Q.10.

Lennie's encounter with the girl provides an example of which of the following?

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Figurative language
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Foreshadowing
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Flashback
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Hyperbole