Of Mice and Men Review

Candy

The old swamper / ranch hand

Crooks

Stable man

Lennie

Mentally slow; physically strong

Carlson

Killed Candy’s dog

Curley’s wife

Wanted to be in the movies

Slim

Skinner; reasonable; understands Lennie and George

George

Kills Lennie

Curley

ill-tempered son of the boss

John Steinbeck, the author of the book, was from which

state?a. Nevada

b. New Mexico

c. Arizona

d. California

What is the name of the town at which George and Lennie

arrive at the beginning of the book?

a. Soledad

b. Salinas

c. Solitude

d. San Diego

From where did John Steinbeck get the name of the book?

a. From a play

b. From a poem by Langston Hughes

c. From a poem by Robert Burns

d. From a local folksong

What does George say he could do if he were alone?

a.Go to a “cat house.”

b.Drink whiskey all night

c.Play cards at a pool hall all night

d.All of the above

Why are George and Lennie different from other guys who

work on ranches?a. They are actually wealthy

b. They like their work and want to do it forever

c. They are not drifters

d. Each has the other to look out for him

What does Slim have that Lennie wants?

a. The best bunk

b. A gun

c. Puppies

d. A wife

Why did Curley fight with Lennie?

a. Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him.

b. They both wanted the same puppy

c. Lennie punched him first

d. Lennie made a rude remark about Curley’s wife

What was the real reason that Lennie was mad at the puppy?

a. It tried to bite him

b. George wouldn’t let him tend the rabbits, if he found out

c. It didn’t bounce when he was playing with it

d. It died

Which soft thing did not get Lennie in trouble?

a. A dead mouse

b. A dress

c. A piece of velvet

d. A girl’s hair

What does “livin’ offa the fatta the lan’” mean?

a. Living off of what one produces and grows on his/her own land

b. Only eating fatty meats

c. Living out on the land, without shelter

d. Taking things from other people’s houses

Why did George want Lennie to keep his mouth shut while they talked to the boss?

a. Lennie always offended people

b. Lennie would tell him about the farm

c. The boss might not want to hire them if he heard Lennie talk

d. The boss might get upset with Lennie

What is not one reason that George thought that Curley’s

wife was trouble?

a. She kept looking at Lennie

b. She liked to play horseshoes with the guys

c. She kept giving men “the eye”

d. He thought she was “jailbait”

Which one of the following is not an example of

foreshadowing in the book?

a. Crooks saying that guys like George and Lennie never accomplish their dreams

b. George and Lennie having to walk to the ranch

c. The death of the puppy

d. George telling Lennie to remember the location of the pond

Over how many days does the story take place?

a. Two

b. Three

c. Four

d. Five

Lennie

“I don’ like this place, George. This ain’t no good

place. I wanna get outa here.”

George

“No, Lennie, I ain't mad. I never been mad, and I ain'now. That's a thing I

want ya to know."

Candy

“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of let no stranger shoot my

dog.”

Curley

“Has anybody seen my wife?”

Carlson

“We can't sleep with him stinkin' around in here.”

Curley’s wife

"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."

Crooks

“I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the

ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same

damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head.

“

Slim

“You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”