of mice and men quiz

Of Mice and Men

Part one 1. Note name of the town, river and range of mountains mentioned

in the first paragraph of the novel: Town: River: Mountains: 2. Note down three ways in which George is described:

a. b. c.

3. Note down three ways in which Lennie is described:

a. b. c.

4. Note down one way in which Lennie is compared to an animal:

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5. Note down one way in which George takes care of Lennie.

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6. Write a brief summary of George and Lennie’s dream.

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Part two 1. Note down one thing we learn about Candy, Crooks and the boss

in the first few pages of this part, before the boss’s entrance:

Candy:

Crooks:

The boss:

2. Note down who speaks these lines or who they are describing, and what it tells us about the speaker or the person being described.

Quotation Character What it tells us

‘We travel together.’ George This shows that George sticks up for his friend Lennie.

‘His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists.’

‘She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward.’

‘I seen ’em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her.’

‘There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke.’

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Part three

Below are the events of part three – put them into the right order.

Weed puppy Candy crushes Lennie cultivator

Clara travel around together the fatta the lan’ dog shoot his dog

jump into a river dream George brothel Friday afternoon/evening

wrong shoot tend the rabbits the bunkhouse help

tell anyone a machine the dream

This part of the novel takes place in ___________________________ on

_________________________________. George and Slim talk about

_____________, what a good worker he is and about how he and

George ___________________________________.

George tells Slim about Lennie’s aunt _____________ and a story about

how George once told Lennie to _________________________________.

George also tells Slim about what happened to them in _____________.

When Lennie comes in, George forces him to give back the __________

he took from the barn.

Carlson tells ___________ that he must get rid of his _________. Candy

doesn’t agree. Whit shows Slim a magazine which has a letter from a

man they knew who drove a ____________________ on the farm.


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Candy finally agrees to let Carlson _______________ his dog. Whit

invites George to go with him and the other men to town to go to a

________________________.

When Lennie returns, he asks George to tell him about the

___________________ that they both have. Lennie says: ‘We could live

offa _______________________.’ When Candy hears what they are

talking about, he offers to ____________ with raising the money.

George tells them not to ______________________________. Candy is

still upset that he didn’t ___________________________ himself.

When Curley comes in with Slim, Lennie is still thinking about

_____________________________, and smiling. Curley hits Lennie until

________________ tells Lennie to fight back. Lennie _______________

Curley’s hand.

Slim tells Curley to say that he got his hand stuck in

__________________. George tells Lennie he hasn’t done anything

________________ and he can still ________________________________.


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Part four

Below are the events of part four – put them into the right order.

This part takes place on: Saturday morning/Saturday evening/Sunday afternoon?

Crooks tells Lennie that ‘a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody’. Curley’s wife asks what happened to her husband’s hand. Crooks invites Candy into his room. Crooks invites Lennie into his room. Curley’s wife comes into Crooks’s room. George comes to get Lennie. Crooks tells Lennie that without George he would be locked up. Lennie comes into Crooks’s room. Crooks tells Lennie about how he gets treated because he is black. Crooks offers to come and help on the farm when the other three buy it. Crooks says that he has seen hundreds of men with the same dream as George and Lennie. Crooks tells Lennie to leave him alone. Curley’s wife threatens Crooks.


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Part five 1. This part of the novel takes place in: the bunkhouse? the stables? the barn? 2. The last thing we saw in part four was: Crooks, alone, reading his books? Crooks, alone, rubbing his back? Crooks with some rabbits? 3. Outside, the men are playing with: the rabbits? horseshoes? cards? 4. This part of the novel takes place in: the evening? early morning? afternoon? 5. Lennie is sitting in some hay at the start of this part. He is looking at: Curley’s wife? a dead puppy? the horses? 6. Curley’s wife says she wants to talk to Lennie because:

she gets lonely? she wants to hear Lennie’s life story? she wants to buy some rabbits?

7. George told Lennie not to talk to Curley’s wife because he says:

‘she’d get us in a mess’? ‘she’s Curley’s wife’? ‘she’d never give us a fair price for rabbits’?


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in the movies? in the restaurant business? in the navy?

9. Lennie says he is ‘nuts about rabbits’ because:

they don’t bite? he can talk to them? he likes to ‘pet nice things’?

10. Lennie doesn’t want Curley’s wife to scream because:

she’ll get him into trouble like George said she would? Curley might hear? she’s got an irritating, squeaky voice?

11. When he realises Curley’s wife is dead, Lennie says:

‘now I can’t tend the rabbits’? ‘w, shucks’ ‘ done a bad thing?

12. Candy comes into the barn to tell Lennie:

that he has some more ideas about their farm? that George has won the horseshoe competition? that he has won $10 in the lottery?

13. When Candy tells George what has happened, he asks him:

‘you me an’ Crooks should leave the ranch now, huh George?’ ‘you an’ me can get that little place, can’t we, George?’ ‘where’s Lennie gone, George?’ 14. When George goes out, Candy gets angry at the body of Curley’s wife

because: now his dream is shattered? now Curley will be upset? she is bleeding all over the floor he has just swept?

15. When the men leave to hunt down Lennie, Candy is left alone again. He:

finds the dead puppy? lies down and covers his eyes? starts singing the national anthem?


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Part six

Answer the following questions by circling or writing in the answers.

This part takes place: in the barn by the pool in the Gabilan mountains The first four paragraphs describe the setting. Compare p.98 with p.9. What are the similarities and differences between the descriptions? Similarities: .............................................................................................................................. Differences: .............................................................................................................................. Why does Steinbeck describe the snake and the heron? .............................................................................................................................. Look for a simile Steinbeck uses to describe Lennie on p.98: .............................................................................................................................. Summarise here what Lennie’s vision of his aunt Clara says to him: .............................................................................................................................. Summarise here what Lennie’s vision of the giant rabbit says to him: ..............................................................................................................................


Of Mice and Men Steinbeck describes how the sun is setting on p.102. Why? Because he wants to show time passing

Because he wants to suggest a link between the setting of the sun and Lennie’s life Because Steinbeck once said, ‘I always want a setting sun to appear in my novels – it’s so romantic!’

Note down five things George and Lennie talk about on pp.102‐103: ................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................

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What does the shooting of Lennie in the back of the head remind you of? On which page does that incident occur?

It reminds me of:________________________________________, on p.__

What does George want Lennie to know before he kills him? that he had never been mad at him that his aunt Clara would have been proud of him that there are rabbits in heaven

Why do you think George says I gotta. We gotta on p.105? .................................................................................................................................................. Why does Curley say ‘right in the back of the head’ softly on p.105? ............................................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................................

What does Slim say to George on p.106, and why? ............................................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................................


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