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Which of the following contributes LEAST to the characterization of Curley?

"'I'll try to catch him'"

That Curley's rage is not all a result of his wife's death is revealed by

"Curley's still mad about his hand"

The author portrays Curley's wife in a negative light by saying

"Her face was heavily made up"

In the long paragraph describing Slim, which of the following contributes LEAST to his characterization as almost god-like?

"as delicate as those of a temple dancer"

Which of the following details serves to emphasize the incongruous nature of the woman's appearance?

"cotton house dress"

Curley's wife tries to gain Lennie's acceptance of conversing with her by

-reassuring him that no one will know -appealing to his sense of pity for her loneliness -teasing him for always doing what George says

Besides Curley, the only one of the men who seems eager to hunt down Lennie is

Carlson

The swamper's explanation of Curley's behavior toward Lennie is based on

Curley's small stature

Which of the following is NOT a parallel presented in the passage?

Curley's wife's attitude toward Curley and her attitude toward Lennie

The simile used in the first paragraph serves to reveal

George's acceptance of a hard decision and his awareness that his time with Lennie is about to end

Although both George and Lennie want to leave the ranch,

George's reasons are logical while Lennie's reasons are emotional

George's remarks in response to Candy's queries about still getting "that little place!" foreshadow that

George, without Lennie, will become just another of the lonely, hopeless roamers

The ideas voiced by Lennie's vision "fat old woman" symbolize

Lennie's conscience and feelings of guilt

The words spoken by the "giant rabbit" represent

Lennie's deepest fears

Before Curley's wife enters the barn, Lennie's response to the death of the puppy reveals

a wide range of emotions from sorrow to anger to regret

The woman's behavior with the men could best be described as

brazen

As used in the paragraph beginning "'I'll try to catch him,'" the word "pugnacious" is best understood to mean

combative

Lennie's response to the presence of Curley's wife

differs from that of Candy and Crooks

The swamper's comment that Curley "'just don't give a damn'" means that Curley

does not think about what it means to be fired since he will never be fired himself

The author describes the old sheep dog in such detail primarily in order to

draw an implied comparison between the dog and the old man

Crooks's response when he first sees Lennie in the doorway is primarily a result of Crooks's

embarrassment at being seen administering to his poor back

The woman's response to Slim's telling her that Curley was home reveals that she

fears what Curley will do if he finds that she is not in the house

Lennie goes to Crooks's room because Lennie is

feeling lonely without george

Crooks's father was opposed to Crooks's playing with "the white kids" because the father

felt it would give Crooks an unrealistic sense of equality

The third paragraph differs from the first two paragraphs primarily in that it

focuses more on Crooks's physical and emotional characteristics

After reading the entire passage, the reader can see the description of the heron and the water snake as

foreshadowing what later transpires between Lennie and George

After Candy's assertion that Curley is not there, Curley's wife's first comment shows that she

has a disdainful attitude toward the three men

Crooks's attitude about the land dream of Candy, Lennie, and George changes when

he believes Candy's assertion that the money is there and the land is selected

From this passage, the reader can infer all of the following about Curley EXCEPT

he is very vain about his clothes and appearance

The fact that Candy is resigned to never having his dream place is revealed through

his use of the subjunctive

Curley's wife's angry query to Lennie, "Don't you think of nothing but rabbits?" is

ironic

Given the passage as a whole, Lennie's thoughts about George not wanting him are

ironic

George throws the gun away into the bushes because he

is upset by what he has done with the gun

Crooks enjoys his verbal "torture" of Lennie because

it is Crooks's only chance to torment a white man without fear of retribution

From the first two paragraphs, the reader can infer all of the following about Crooks EXCEPT that he

likes eating apples and is not very neat

Crooks's response to discovering that it is Candy, not Slim, who has come to the barn reveals that Crooks

looks forward to interactions with Slim

Crooks's remark about George "keepin' you outa sight" is best understood to refer to George's

not taking Lennie into town

When Lennie says, ""Go on, George. When we gonna do it?" and George responds, "Gonna do it soon," the pronoun "it" refers to

one thing in Lennie's words but a different thing in George's

The gesture that Curley's wife makes to demonstrate her acting ability can best be described as

pathetic and farcical

Given the passage as a whole, the description of the setting in the first nine paragraphs serves primarily to

provide a contrast in mood to the events that occur in the barn

George's words "'That's a hell of an old dog'" are meant to

provide a starting point for a more friendly conversation with the old man

The last four paragraphs serve primarily to

reveal the true bond between Lennie and George

George's tone when he says, "'Yeah, and she's sure hidin' it'" is

sarcastic

The tone of Crooks's reply to Candy's comments about Crooks's room could best be characterized as

sarcastic

From Curley's wife's recitation of her past, the reader can infer that she married Curley because

she wanted to escape from her dead-end life and from her mother

The agreement between George and the old man that "'a guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions'" hints that the ranch workers

tend to avoid becoming involved in other people's business

Candy's final two-word statement implies that Candy

thinks Curley's wife was responsible for what happened and feels sorry for Lennie

George's response to Candy's query, ""What we gonna do now?" reveals George is

trying to reconcile his desire to protect Lennie with his knowledge of what must happen

Slim's words and actions show that he

understands how difficult, but necessary, George's action was

In the first paragraph, Crooks's comments about land and heaven contain all of the following EXCEPT

understatement

Crooks offer to "work for nothing" reveals that he

wants to be a part of the dream of having ones own place


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