WorksheetsOf Mice and Men
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
In which state is the story set?
California
Oaklahoma
Texas
Utah
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy's dog?
He thinks the dog is mean
He thinks the dog is ugly and reminds him of a drowned rat
The dog is too old to be of any use and stinks
He just hates dogs. He's more of a cat guy.
From whom does Candy seek advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?
Ceoge
Whit
Curly
Slim
How did Crooks get his name?
He has a crooked smile
He has a crooked back
He spent time in jail for stealing
Who knows and who cares
Disappointed with her life, Curley's wife wonders where she would be if she had become...
a school teacher
an actress
a nurse
a veterinarian
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 have inherited money from Aunt Clara.
In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?
Whit
Crooks
Candy
Curley's wife
When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary technique is he using?
Symbolism
Narration
Foreshadowing
Irony
After killing Curley's wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?
Aunt Clara and Lennie's mother
George and a giant rabbit
Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
George and Lennie's mother
Which of the 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
Curley's
Of Mice and Men was first published in 1937.
True
False
Curley keeps Vaseline in one of his gloves to help soothe an old boxing injury.
True
False
George is the first person to discover the dead body of Curley's wife.
True
False
Candy will still go and buy the small farm on his own; he isn't going to be deterred by George and Lennie.
True
False
Whit reads aloud a letter to the editor he wrote that was published in a Western magazine.
True
False
Curley always carries a bull whip to show that he has more power than the regular working men on the ranch.
True
False
While Candy announces the death of Curley's wife, George goes to the ranch house and steals Curley's gun.
True
False
Before shooting Lennie, George tells Lennie that he's sorry and that he was never really mad at Lennie.
True
False
Lennie is described as a terrier, a bull, a horse, and a bear.
True
False
Lennie's last name is Milton
True
False
George and Lennie spent a total of 8 days on the ranch.
True
False
Both Crooks' alarm clock and his single-barreled shotgun could be seen as symbols of his loneliness.
True
False
Author John Steinbeck uses this story to examine both the predatory nature of humanity and the impossibility of the American Dream.
True
False
Which event happened first?
Lennie scares the girl in the red dress in the town of Weed.
Lennie breaks Curley's hand
Lennie accidentally kills his puppy.
Lennie has two hallucinations.
Which event happens last?
Candy's dog is shot and killed.
Lennie has two hallucinations.
The bus driver lies to George and Lennie.
Lennie accidentally kills his puppy.
Who said this line?: "I ought to of shot that dog myself."
George
Curley
Candy
Slim
Who said this line?: "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 just in their heads."
George
Lennie
Candy
Crooks
Who said this line?: "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy."
George
Candy
Curley
Whit
The structure of the novel most resembles a
Letter
Play
Newspaper Article
Diary
Who said this line?: "We could live offa the fatta the lan'."
Lennie
George
Slim
Candy
Who said this line?: "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."
Candy
Curly
Crooks
Smitty
Who said this line?: "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 mom
Curley's wife
Aunt Clara
Slim's wife
Who said this line?: "Bus driver give us a bum steer...we hadda walk ten miles."
George
Lennie
Whit
Slim
Who said this line?: "What the hell you laughin' at?"
Whit
Crooks
George
Curley
Who said this line?: "You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda."
Curley
Lennie
Slim
Carlson
Who said this line?: "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
George
Candy
Curley's wife
Who said this line?: "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
Lennie
Smitty
Carlson
Lennie likes mustard on his beans.
True
False
