Slim is characterized by the author as
a. a talented mule skinner possessing a quiet wisdom.
b. an wise old swamper.
c. a short-tempered ranch hand always ready to fight.
d. a young married man.

the author characterizes curley in such a way as to use him
a. as a point of tension in the plot's rising action.
b. as a symbol of hope in a difficult situation.
c. as comic relief in an otherwise serious drama.
d. as an element of human sexuality.

lennie, who the author tells us likes to pet soft things, seems taken by curley's beautiful but flirtatious wife. which of the following literary devices does this most likely represent?
a. allusion
b. irony
c. personification
d. foreshadowing

the author is most likely characterizing candy and his dog as symbols of which for the following?
a. health and peace
b. age and handicap
c. anger and hate
d. wisdom and perseverance

the author's use of short descriptive phrases to introduce the bunkhouse to the reader most effectively accomplishes which of the following?
a. the use of setting to support the plot
b. the efficient use of metaphors
c. the use of setting to support the dialog
d. the effective use of careful research

which of the following provides the best example of the author's use of foreshadowing?
a. lennie responds to george's constant warnings.
b. lennie seems very taken by curley's beautiful but flirtatious wife.
c. slim doesn't mind that george and lennie travel together.
d. curley's wife is constantly looking for curley.

which of the following best describes how the author develops the relationship between slim and george?
a. within the setting of a hot cornfield, george and slim have an argument over curley's wife.
b. in a dialog with slim, george confesses a secret to him.
c. george invites slim back to the setting of the river where he and lennie had spent the night.
d. george and slim discover that they share a secret.

the fact that the author characterizes most of the men living in the bunkhouse as having no family or friends in the world outside the ranch, infers that
a. the author is setting up a conflict between lennie and george and the rest of the camp.
b. one of the author's intentions is to portray a negative picture of ranch life.
c. the author is using the setting as part of the plot's rising action.
d. one of the author's recurring themes for his book is the theme of loneliness.

when george tells his story to lennie, in which of the following ways does the author characterize george's actions?
a. george tells the story in poetic verse.
b. george gestures wildly as he hurries through yet another telling of the story.
c. george hurries through the story as fast as he can.
d. george's voice deepens and he repeats his words in a lilting rhythm.

lennie is characterized by the author as george's traveling companion who
a. wants desperately to go back home to live his kind aunt.
b. repeatedly pleads with george to tell him the story about the rabbits.
c. never says much of anything because he is so sad.
d. always wants to hear from george how this next job will be better than the last one.