WorksheetsOf Mice and Men Chapter 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of these best describes the setting for the opening of the novel??
Near the Salinas River, south of Soledad on a warm day.
On the top of a mountain in the Winter snow
On a ranch in Weed, California.
On a beach in Southern Mexico near the Pacific Ocean.
What year did the Great Depression start??
1894
1909
1950
1929
George is described as...
Has a sour look on his face - harsh jaw line, angry looking, bold an mean.
small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.
Tall, skinny, pale - loud and smart. Brave and bold.
Short and wrinkled, with short gray hair. He was as quiet as a mouse.
What is the name of the town that Lennie and George have left behind?
Salinas
Weed
Murphy
Sacramento
What is a "bindle" ??
the name for a can a beans back in the day
a sack/backpack for migrant workers
an old broken down car
an old, rustic, wooden, cabin.
Who always used to give Lennie mice? Why did he/she stop giving them to him?
George - because he started eating them.
Curly - because he did not want Lennie petting mice.
The owner of the Weed ranch - because he found Lennie's pile of dead mice.
Aunt Clara - because he always killed them.
What animal does Lennie want to start getting instead of mice?
Rat
Chipmunk
Rabbits
Squirrel
What do they eat for dinner on the first night of the story??
rice and beans
roasted mice and ketchup
three cans of beans
spinach and cooked dove
What happened in Weed that got George and Lennie kicked out?
He murdered the owner of the ranch after he took the mice away from Lennie.
Lennie was "feeling" on some girl's dress and held on to her like he did the dead mouse.
Lennie stole all the mice from the ranch and accidently killed them.
He accidently killed a fellow migrant-worker/rancher.
What does George say that he wishes he could do to Lennie?
Just kill him and dump his body
He wants to take him back to Aunt Clara's house so he doesn't have to deal with him anymore.
He wants to ditch him at this ranch and skip town
He wants to put him in a cage with a million mice and let him have fun.
Lennie says that if they did have ketchup, he would do what....
Squeeze it out into the river so no one could eat it
Put it on his beans and eat it all
Mix it with mustard and beans and eat it all
Leave it all for George and not touch any of it.
What does Lennie say he is going to do after George yells at him??
Go off on his own into the hills
Drown himself in the river
Go back to Weed
Live with Aunt Clara
What do Lennie and George dream to have "someday" ??
A Ranch in North Texas with 300 workers
A penthouse in New York City with a view
A little house with cows, pigs, a garden, rabbits, etc.
Their Aunt Clara back
What are Lennie and George going to tell the their new boss happened at their old job??
They are going to lie about everything
They aren't gonna say a word
They are going to tell him that it was an accident
They are going to say that Lennie is guilty but not George
What does George tell Lennie to do if he gets in trouble at this new ranch??
Go back to Aunt Clara's house until they stop looking for him
Move back to Weed and make up a new name
Run as fast as he can and never look back
Come back to this place in the woods and hide in the brush (bushes)
How far is the new ranch from their current camp by the river??
over 50 miles west
3 miles south
about a quarter mile away
10 more miles north
