Of Mice and Men Chapter 5 Quiz

Of Mice and Men Chapter 5 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. What has happened to the puppy Lennie is holding when the chapter opens?
   Slim has taken it back from him for good · He has killed it by handling it too hard · It has been crushed by one of the mules · It was drowned with the rest of the litter
2. What does Curley's wife tell Lennie about the life she believes she missed?
   She was to sing in a Salinas theatre · Her mother had promised her schooling · A man said she could act in pictures · A rancher once offered to marry her
3. Why does Lennie clap a hand over Curley's wife's mouth when she begins to cry out?
   He means to carry her out of the barn first · He wants to keep her from waking the pups · He is angry that she pulled her hair away · He fears George will hear her and be angry
4. What does Candy ask George once the two of them have found her in the barn?
   Whether they can still buy the little farm · Whether Curley will turn them off the ranch · Whether Lennie could be hidden till dark · Whether the other men need be told at all
5. The horseshoe game goes on in the sunshine outside while Lennie is alone in the barn. What does that arrangement do?
   It marks the passing of a full working day · It keeps ordinary ranch life just offstage · It explains why Curley cannot be sent for · It shows the men have forgotten the dog

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.