Of Mice and Men Chapter 4 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What does Crooks’s later offer to work on the farm for his keep most strongly reveal?
The possibility of belonging briefly overcomes his skepticism
He hopes to take control of the group’s money
He has always disliked caring for horses
He wants to prove that he is physically stronger than Candy
2. Candy speaks more boldly to Curley’s wife than he usually speaks to powerful people. What most clearly supports his confidence?
He believes Slim is standing outside and listening
He knows Curley has decided to leave the ranch
The farm plan gives him hope of independence and solidarity with the others
Crooks has promised to defend him physically
3. What threat does Curley’s wife use to silence Crooks when he tells her to leave his room?
She threatens to have him dismissed without wages
She threatens to tell Curley that Crooks helped plan an escape
She invokes the threat of a racist accusation and lynching
She threatens to accuse him of stealing from the ranch house
4. Who joins Lennie in Crooks’s room before Curley’s wife appears?
Candy
Slim
Carlson
Whit
5. What does Crooks’s response to Curley’s wife’s threat demonstrate about power on the ranch?
His seniority lets him order members of Curley’s family away
His friendship with Slim protects him from any serious consequence
His legal and personal boundaries offer little protection against racist social power
His knowledge of the farm plan gives him leverage over her
6. What new information makes the dream farm sound unusually attainable during the conversation in Crooks’s room?
Candy’s savings mean the men are close to having enough money
Slim has agreed to lend George the remaining purchase price
The ranch owner has offered them land as part of their wages
Crooks knows that the property has been abandoned
7. How does Lennie react when Crooks continues suggesting that something may have happened to George?
He calmly explains that George can take care of himself
He becomes frightened and physically intimidating until Crooks reassures him
He asks Candy to settle the argument
He leaves to search the road into town
8. What stated reason does Curley’s wife give for coming to the barn area?
She says she has brought a message from the ranch owner
She says Slim invited her to meet the men
She says she needs Crooks to tend an injured horse
She says she is looking for Curley
9. At the end of the chapter, Crooks rubs liniment on his back after the others leave. What does this closing image emphasize?
He is preparing to travel with the men that night
He has returned to his chronic pain and isolation after briefly imagining companionship
He has abandoned ranch work to pursue medical treatment
His argument with Lennie has caused a new injury
10. What leads Curley’s wife to connect Lennie with Curley’s injured hand?
Candy directly tells her that Lennie won the fight
Crooks describes the entire fight to make her leave
The machine story seems false, and Lennie’s behavior draws her attention
She finds Lennie carrying Curley’s damaged glove
11. Why does Lennie approach Crooks’s room while the other men are away?
George told him to ask Crooks about the farm
He sees Crooks’s light while visiting his puppy and wants company
Slim sent him to retrieve medicine for the puppy
He is hiding because Curley has discovered the truth about his hand
12. When the men urge Curley’s wife to leave, how does she defend her presence?
She claims Curley ordered her to watch Lennie
She argues that the barn belongs to her personally
She promises not to tell anyone about the farm
She mocks the group and emphasizes that she is lonely too
13. Where does Crooks live on the ranch?
In the barn beside Lennie’s puppy
In a bunk at the far end of the main bunkhouse
In a room attached to Curley’s house
In the harness room adjoining the barn
14. How does Crooks initially respond when Lennie and Candy describe their plan to own a small farm?
He immediately asks to manage the animals
He warns them that Curley intends to buy the same property
He believes it will work only if Slim joins them
He dismisses it as a familiar dream that working men rarely achieve
15. Crooks asks Lennie to imagine that George might not return. What is Crooks mainly trying to make Lennie understand?
Being alone and unable to rely on anyone is frightening
The farm plan cannot work without Candy’s savings
George may abandon the ranch to find better wages
Lennie should learn to travel without George
16. Why does Crooks withdraw his offer to join the farm after Curley’s wife leaves?
He learns that the farm has no work suitable for him
The humiliation restores his sense of vulnerability and makes the dream feel unreachable
Candy admits that the men do not have enough money
He decides to remain because the ranch owner has offered him better pay