Of Mice and Men Review Flashcards
Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?
1930s
In which state is the story set?
California
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy’s dog?
The dog is too old to be of any use and it stinks up the room
From whom does Candy seek advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?
Slim
How did Crooks get his name?
He has a crooked back
Disappointed with her life, Curley’s wife wonders where she would be if she had become…
an actress.
George and Lennie are different from the other men
because they look out for each other.
In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?
Crooks
When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary technique is he using?
Foreshadowing
After killing Curley’s wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?
Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
Which character checks the dead body of Curley’s wife for vital signs?
Slim
Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
Carlson’s
The structure of the novel most resembles a
Play
“Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.”
George
“I ought to of shot that dog myself.”
Candy
“We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”
Lennie
“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
Crooks
“If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an’ you won’t talk. Just nothing but mad.”
Curley’s Wife
“Bus driver give us a bum steer…we hadda walk ten miles.”
George
“What the hell you laughin’ at?”
Curley
“You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda.”
Slim
“But not us! An’ why? Because…I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why!”
Lennie
“Everybody wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their heads. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their heads.”
Crooks
“I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.”
George
Whose dog is shot and killed?
Candy’s
Who breaks Curley’s hand?
Lennie
Who does the bus driver lie to?
George and Lennie
Lennie accidentally kills his what?
puppy
Lennie has how many hallucinations?
Two
Lennie scares the girl in the red dress in which town?
Weed
Of Mice and Men was first published in which year?
1937
Curley keeps Vaseline in one of his gloves to…
keep his hand soft for his wife
A “cathouse” is another term for a what?
“whorehouse” or “brothel”
Who is the first person to discover the dead body of Curley’s wife?
Candy
Will Candy still go and buy the small farm on his own?
No, he cannot afford it by himself.
While Candy announces the death of Curley’s wife, George goes to the ranch house and steals whose gun?
Carlson’s
Whit reads aloud a letter to the editor who wrote that was published in a Western magazine?
William Tanner
Curley wears what to show that he has more power than the regular working men on the ranch?
high-heeled boots
Curley’s wife invites Lennie to do what?
touch her hair
Before shooting Lennie, what does George tell Lennie?
That he’s sorry and that he was never really mad at Lennie.
Lennie likes what on his beans?
ketchup
Lennie is described as what three animals?
a terrier, a bull, a horse, and a bear
George’s last name is what?
Milton
Lennie’s last name is what?
Small
Crooks changes his mind about joining the dream farm when what happens?
When Curley’s wife shows her racism demonstrating that he will still be treated poorly outside the farm
Who gave Lennie the rubber mouse that he didn’t like because it wasn’t soft, like a real mouse.
Aunt Clara
Who was given $250 after his hand was mangled in a piece of farm equipment?
Candy
George and Lennie spent a total of how many days on the ranch?
four
What two items could be seen as symbols of Crooks loneliness?
His alarm clock and his single-barreled shotgun
Author John Steinbeck uses this story to examine what themes?
The predatory nature of humanity and the impossibility of the American Dream.
