Of Mice and Men Unit Test Study Guide

 (Answers for the first twenty-four questions are available for you to study at http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/mice_men.htm in the quotes quizzes section.)

Directions: Write the number of each question and the letter of each answer on your own lined paper.  Write a correctly punctuated and grammatically correct sentence to answer the last chapter question.

Chapters 1 and 2

______1.    “George’s hand remained outstretched imperiously. Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again. George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie laid the mouse in his hand.”

The above quote is an example of ___________________.

  a.  alliteration

  b.  simile

  c.  dialect

  d. setting

______2.    “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes.”

The above quote is an example of ___________________.

  a. people vs. people

  b. rhyme

  c. metaphor

  d. simile

______3.    “The old man was reassured. He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now, and he spoke confidently.”

The above piece of narration proves that the narrator is _____________________.

  a. first person

  b. third person omniscient

  c. second person omniscient

______4.    “I’m George Milton. This here’s Lennie Small.”

“Glad to meet ya,” Carlson said again. “He ain’t small at all.”

The above piece of dialogue is an example of ____________________.

  a. conflict

  b. irony

  c. alliteration

  d. onomatopoeia

______5.    “Ain’t many guys travel around together. I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

What theme topic does the above quote help reveal?

  a. class conflict

  b. alienation and isolation

  c.  race and racism

  d.  idealism vs. realism

______6.    “A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees . . . There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water.”

The above quote is an example of ___________________.

a.     direct characterization

b.     setting

c.    indirect characterization

d.    resolution

e.    dialect

______7.    “Says ‘positively kills lice, roaches and other scourges.’ What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways. We don’t want no pants rabbits.”

The vocabulary and grammar in the above quote that shows local language is example of the author writing in ______________________.

a.    onomatopoeia

b.    direct characterization

c.    dialect

d.    comedy

______8.    “She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers.”

This is an example of _____________________.

a.     climax

b.    direct characterization

c.    setting

d.    onomatopoeia

e.    internal conflict

Chapter 3

______9.    “Candy looked helplessly at him, for Slim’s opinions were law.”

The passage has an example of ____________________.

a.    personification

b.    simile

c.    onomatopoeia

d.    situational irony

e.    metaphor

______10.                        The fight between Lennie and Curley is an example of what type of conflict?

a.   people vs. the unknown

b.    person vs. society

c.    internal conflict

d.   person vs. person

______11.                        Who says the following?“I ain’t much good with on’y one hand. I lost my hand right here on this ranch. That’s why they give me a job swampin’. An’ they give me two hunderd an’ fifty dollars ‘cause I los’ my hand. An’ I got fifty more saved up right in the bank, right now. Tha’s three hundred, and I got fifty more comin’ the end a the month. Tell you what— . . . S’pose I went in with you guys.”

a.    Slim

b.    Carlson

c.    Curley

d.    Candy

______12.                        “Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game.”

The above contains examples of __________________.

a.    onomatopoeia

b.    verbal irony

c.    human vs. human

d.    characterization

______13.                        “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.”

The above quote emphasizes ______________________.

a.    onomatopoeia

b.    person vs. society

c.   person vs. nature

d.   setting

______14.                        “Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ’cause that’s the only thing he can think to do.”

The quote has an example of ___________________.

a.    simile

b.    alliteration

c.    onomatopoeia

d.    metaphor

______15.                        Who says the following?  “Any you guys seen my wife?”

a.    George

b.    Curley's wife

c.    Candy

d.    Curley

______16.                        Who says the following? “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”

a.    Lennie

b.    Crooks

c.    Curley

d.    Candy

______17.                        Candy is troubled over whether or not to have his dog killed. Later he says that he should have done it.

This is an example of ________________________.

a.    situational irony

b.    internal conflict

c.    dialect

d.    external conflict

Chapters 4-6

______18.                        “Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on."

This is an example of ___________________.

a.    personification

b.    dramatic irony

c.    onomatopoeia

d.    verbal irony

e.    simile

______19.                        Who says the following?  “You’re all scared of each other, that’s what. Ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.”

a. Curley

b. Candy

c. George

d. Curley’s wife

______20.                        What does Curley's wife offer to let Lennie touch?

 a.   her dress

b.   her face

c.   her hand

d.   her hair

______21.                        How does Steinbeck foreshadow the death of Curley's wife?

 a.  He dresses the woman in fancy red shoes

b.  He opens the chapter in which she dies with Lennie petting his dead puppy

c.  He gives her a moving speech in which she admits her dream of being a movie star

d.  He points out several times that Lennie doesn't like her

______22.                        Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?

 a.  Carlson's

b.  Slim's

c.  Curley's

d.  Candy's

______23.                        After killing Curley's wife, which of the following pairs does Lennie imagine appears to chastise his behavior?

 a.  Aunt Clara and his mother

b.  Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit

c.  George and Curley

d.  George and Curley's wife

______24.                        What does George say to Lennie before shooting him?

a.  He tells Lennie that he is a bad man and that he deserves to die.

b.  He tells Lennie that he has no other choice but to shoot him since it's the law.

c.  He tells Lennie the story of their farm.

d.  He tells Lennie he's sorry that he let him down.

25. Write a grammatically correct sentence explaining your reaction to Lennie’s death.

Vocabulary Matching

Directions: On your own paper, write the number of each vocabulary word followed by the letter of the correct definition.

Multiple choice questions from http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/mice_men.htm