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WorksheetsOf Mice and Men
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?
1910's
1920's
1930's
1940's
In which state is the story set?
California
Oklahoma
Iowa
Texas
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy's dog?
The dog is mean and tried to bite him
He thinks the dog is ugly
The dog is too old to be of any use and it stinks
Carlson doesn't have a good reason, he's just a mean guy
How did Crooks get his name?
He has a crooked smile
He has a crooked back
He spent time in jail for stealing
All three of the reasons
Disappointed with her life, Curley's wife wonders where she would be if she had become...
a school teacher
an actress
a nurse
a cathouse owner
George and Lennie are different from the other men because
they look out for each other
they have more specialized skills
they like to stay a long time at each job they take
they've inherited money from Aunt Clara
In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?
Whit
Candy
Curley's wife
Crooks
When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary device is used?
symbolism
narration
foreshadowing
irony
After killing Curley's wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?
Aunt Clara & Lennie's mother
George & a giant rabbit
Aunt Clara & a giant rabbit
George and Lennie's mother
Which of the following characters checks the dead body of Curley's wife for vital signs?
Slim
Crooks
Curley
Carlson
Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
Carlson's
Whit's
Slim's
Candy's
Quote - "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. If I was alone I could live so easy."
Slim
George
Lennie
Curley's wife
Quote - "I ought to of shot that dog myself."
Whit
Slim
Carlson
Candy
Quote - "We could live offa the fatta the lan'."
George
Lennie
Candy
Crooks
Quote - "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. I tell ya, a guy gets lonely an' he gets sick."
Whit
Candy
Crooks
George
Quote - "If I catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along with him."
Aunt Clara
Curley
Slim
Curley's wife
Quote - "What the hell you laughin' at?"
George
Whit
Curley
Carlson
Quote - "I think I knowed from the very first. He usta like to hear about it so much..."
George
Lennie
Candy
Whit
What caused George and Lennie to leave Weed?
Lennie scares a girl in a red dress
Lennie was caught stealing
George killed someone
George couldn't find them work
What happens first?
Lennie breaks Curley's hand
Candy's dog is shot and killed
Lennie has two hallucinations
Lennie accidentally kills the puppy
T/F - Of Mice and Men was first published in the 1930's.
True
False
T/F - George is the 1st person to discover Curley's dead wife.
True
False
T/F - Curley's wife invites Lennie to hold her hand and rub her shoulders.
True
False
T/F - While Candy tells the guys Curley's wife is dead, George goes to steal Carlson's gun.
True
False
T/F - Before shooting Lennie, George tells him he's sorry and he was never really mad at him.
True
False
T/F - George's last name is Smalls
True
False
T/F - Lennie's last name is Smalls
True
False
Lennie hopes to tend the
horses
rabbits
dogs
cows
Slim drowning the puppies is seen as
a cruet act
him making difficult decisions
survival of the fittest
something to pass time
George telling Lennie to hide in the brush if anything goes wrong is what literally device?
irony
metaphor
analogy
foreshadowing
Candy said he should have been the one to shoot his dog. What literary device is this?
foreshadowing
conflict
irony
theme
What two themes were identified in the novel?
loneliness & fall of man
American Dream & companionship
loneliness & companionship
fall of man & American Dream
Why does Curley like to pick fights?
Curley defends the underdog
Curley needs to prove himself
Curley wants to practice to improve his boxing
Curley doesn't pick fights
Lennie wants to throw the dead puppy away because
it begins to stink
he doesn't want George to think he did TWO bad things
Curley's wife told him to throw it away
he is afraid Slim will be upset
George killed Lennie because
he was tired of taking care of Lennie
to spare Lennie the fear of Curley killing him
Lennie killed Curley's wife
Lennie tried to kill him
