Unit Test: Alienation Name______________________

Of Mice and Men

Character Identification: Select the description that best identifies each character.

__d___1. Candy a. brutal, insecure man who loves picking fights

__a___2. Curley b. street-smart rover who looks after his friend
__c___3. Lennie c. old swamper
___b__4. George d. mentally challenged giant who loves animals
e. known as the “prince of the ranch”
___f__5. Curley’s Wife
__e___6. Slim f. lonely resident of the ranch who craves
attention

Multiple Choice

7. What devastating historical period does OMM take place?

__Great_Depression______________

8. Lennie and George end up having to walk to the ranch because they
a. want to save money
b. want to avoid people who might know them
c. are given false directions by the bus driver
d. they like to exercise

9.Who kills Candy’s dog?

a. Slim
b. George
c. Carlson
d. Curly

10. When George becomes angry at Lennie, Lennie

a. threatens George
b. says he’s going back to his Aunt Clara
c. kills critters
d. offers to run away to the hills

11. George says he and Lennie are different from other ranch hands for all but which
one of the following reasons:
a. they care about each other
b. they have plans for the future
c. they are honest
d. they want to buy a farm
12. Before they get to the ranch, George warns Lennie to
a. not say anything
b. act friendly
c. stay away from women
d. work as little as possible

13. Curley dislikes Lennie because Curley

a. knows Lennie can outwork him
b. is jealous of Lennie’s size and strength
c. Lennie is better looking than he is
d. envies Lennie’s friendship with George

14. The land Lennie and George dream of owning symbolizes

a. youth
b. freedom and independence
c. wealth
d. work

15. George tells the boss that Lennie is

a. a mute
b. his brother
c. dangerous
d. his cousin

16. Crooks is best described as

a. ambitious and shy
b. lonely and bitter
c. shy but friendly
d. happy and satisfied

17. One of Lennie’s worst fears is that

a. he will be put in an insane asylum
b. he will hurt someone
c. George will marry Curley’s wife and leave him alone
d. George won’t allow him to “tend da rabbits”

18. Lennie wants Slim to give him

a. money
b. a pup
c. rabbits
d. a mouse
19. While Lennie and Curley’s wife are in the barn, the men are
a. tossing horseshoes
b. playing cards
c. bailing hay
d. eating dinner

20. Curley’s wife invites Lennie to touch

a. the mutt
b. her red dress
c her hair
d. the rabbit

21. Curley is determined to kill Lennie because

a. Lennie stole some money
b. Lennie killed his wife
c. Lennie insulted him
d. Lennie disgraced him

22. Lennie kills Curley’s wife when

a. he tries to stop her from screaming
b. she says George will never have rabbits to tend
c. he concludes that she killed his puppy
d. she slaps him

23. Candy blames Curley’s wife for

a. ruining his dream of having a place of his own
b. Lennie’s death
c. getting him fired
d. getting Crooks murdered

24. When George finds out Curley’s wife is dead, he realizes

a. he is to blame for her death
b. his dream to own land is not going to ever happen
c. Lennie will not be killed
d. he wants to die along with Lennie

25. The men joke about Curley because he wears

a. loud shirts
b. a Vaseline-filled glove
c. fancy boots
d. a big hat
26. The major theme of this book concerns
a. the bitterness of revenge
b. the conquest of fears
c. human loneliness. alienation and isolation
d. love conquers all

27.What was the original town George and Lennie left from?
a. Salinas
b. Weed
c. Soledad

28. What was George and Lennie’s “American Dream”

a. to continue to travel together forever
b. to get married and have families
c. to have a little place of their own
d. to work for someone else until they die

29. Which character lost his hand in a work accident?

a. Curly
b. Lennie
c. George
d. Candy

30. Which two characters got into a big fight?

a. George and Lennie
b. Lennie and Candy
c. Lennie and Curly
d. Carlson and Candy

31. What was Curley’s wife’s American Dream?

a. to be a wife
b. to be a mother
c. she did not have any dreams
d. to be an actress in Hollywood
Quote Identification—Match each quotation to the correct speaker.

a. Curley’s wife b. Crooks c. Candy d. Lennie

_____c___32. “I ought to of shot that dog myself.”

____d____33. “Why do you got to get killed/You ain’t so little as mice.”

____b____34. “I ain’t sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some
rights even if he don’t like ‘em.”

___a_____35. “I’m looking for Curly!”/ “Curly, you don’t own me!”

Discuss the following:

What would you say is the greatest theme in Of Mice and Men?

Life ant easy, never give up and you’ll succeed

Was George justified in killing Lennie in the end? Explain in at least 5 complete sentences.

Yes, George was justified in killing Lennie in the end because George knew that their American
dream was over. George knew that if he didn’t kill Lennie he will get him self in trouble. If
George didn’t kill Lennie, Lennie might have been in more trouble by getting beat up and get
killed ether way. George killed Lennie because he knew that Lennie will get killed either way so
George did it himself. This is why George was justified to kill Lennie himself.