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Grades 11 and 12 - Literature - Senior High School - Of Mice and Men - Context
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MCQs on the context about Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

Grades 11 and 12 - Literature - Senior High School - Of Mice and Men - Context
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1. In the novel, California's rich and productive agricultural land provides a stark contrast with which of the following?
2. The title of the novel is taken from a poem by Robert Burns which includes these lines: 'The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang oft a-gley.' How are these lines relevant to the novel?
3. What are itinerant laborers?
4. What event took place on 29th October 1929?
5. What effect did the 'Dust Bowl' have on 1930s California?
6. Who is the victim of the racist attitudes prevalent in the United States at the time the novel was written?
7. George and Lennie carry their 'bindles' with them. What is a 'bindle'?
8. Where was John Steinbeck born?
9. When was Of Mice and Men first published?
10. What does the bindle signify?