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1. What is the setting of the story? CORRECT ANSWERS Salinas, California.
2. What is the river that runs through the story's setting? CORRECT ANSWERS
Salinas.
3. What mountains are visible in the area in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS Gabilan.
4. Which man in Chapter 1 is small, dark, and quick? CORRECT ANSWERS George.
5. Which man in Chapter 1 is huge and pale? CORRECT ANSWERS Lennie.
6. What does George warn Lennie will make him sick? CORRECT ANSWERS The
water.
7. Why did George and Lennie have to walk so far? CORRECT ANSWERS The bus
driver dropped them off at the wrong place.
8. Who is mentally disabled? CORRECT ANSWERS Lennie.
9. What does Lennie always talk about? CORRECT ANSWERS Rabbits.
10. What does Lennie carry in his pocket? CORRECT ANSWERS A dead mouse.
11. What is George carrying for Lennie in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS His work
card.
12. Where are George and Lennie going to work in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS
On a ranch.
13. What does George tell Lennie not to do with the boss? CORRECT ANSWERS
Speak.
14. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS
Weed.
15. Why does Lennie want to get to the ranch that evening in the first chapter?
CORRECT ANSWERS To eat.
16. Why does George want to wait until the morning to get to the ranch in Chapter 1?
CORRECT ANSWERS So he can rest.
, 17. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS
The sky.
18. What is Lennie holding as he walks in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS A mouse.
19. Why does George take away what Lennie is holding in Chapter 1? CORRECT
ANSWERS Because it's not clean.
20. Why did Aunt Clara stop giving Lennie mice? CORRECT ANSWERS Because he
kept killing them.
21. Why did Lennie and George get run out of the last town they worked in prior to
Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS Because Lennie scared a girl.
22. How did Lennie scare a girl in the last town he worked in prior to the beginning of
the book? CORRECT ANSWERS By holding on to her dress.
23. Where did Lennie and George have to hide after Lennie scared a girl? CORRECT
ANSWERS In an irrigation ditch.
24. Where does Lennie say he should live? CORRECT ANSWERS In the hills by
himself.
25. What does George promise to get Lennie in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS A
puppy.
26. What will Lennie do when he lives in a house with George? CORRECT ANSWERS
Take care of rabbits.
27. What do Lennie and George eat by the fire in Chapter 1? CORRECT ANSWERS A
can of beans.
28. What does George tell Lennie to do when they are eating by the fire in Chapter 1?
CORRECT ANSWERS To look around and remember the place they are sitting.
29. What does Lennie ask George while they are eating near their fire in Chapter 1?
CORRECT ANSWERS Whether there will be different colors of rabbits.
30. At the end of Chapter 1, what does George tell Lennie to do if he gets into trouble?
CORRECT ANSWERS To run to this place and hide in the brush.
31. About what time is it at the beginning of Chapter 2? CORRECT ANSWERS 10 a.m.
32. What does Chapter 2 start off describing? CORRECT ANSWERS The ranch's
bunkhouse.