Review Game: OF MICE AND MEN Created by Mrs. Humbertson using Questions generated by periods 6/7 and 11 + Mrs. H.

Question 1:  Why makes Lennie so nuts about rabbits?

Answer Q 1:  Because they are soft & he likes to pet soft things!

Question 2: True or False?  After the murder, Lennie hides in a cave.

Answer Q 2:  False = Lennie hides in the brush by the river (where George told him to!)

Question 3:  When do George, Lennie, and Candy plan on buying their farm?

Answer Q 3:  in one month

Question 4:  Name two ways that Lennie acts child-like?

Answer Q 4:  He likes to pet things.  He is forgetful.  He is simple-minded.  He gets his feelings hurt easily.

Question 5:  Why doesn’t Curley’s wife have a name?

Answer Q 5:  The author doesn’t assign her one to demonstrate the lack of respect for women during that time.

Question 6: True or False?  The men have $10 invested in the horseshoe tenement.

Answer Q 6:  False

Question 7:  How much money did the house cost that George and Lennie wanted? (total amount)

Answer Q 7:  $600.00

Question 8: True or False?  Lennie had Carlson’s Luger and George took it off of him and killed him.

Answer Q 8:  False b/c George took the gun from the bunkhouse (not knowing how he might use it, at first…)

Question 9:  How did Lennie and George meet?

Answer Q 9:  George knew Lennie’s Aunt Clara and promised to look after Lennie in the event of her death.

Question 10:  Why did Curley’s wife enter the barn in the first place? (on the day that she was killed)

Answer Q 10:  She was lonely; had no one to talk to.  She said that she sometimes went in there to cool off.

Question 11:  What was Curley’s wife’s dream job?

Answer Q 11:  She wanted to be in “pitchers”; an actress

Question 12:  What did Lennie do with the pup after he killed it?

Answer Q 12:  Buried it, at first;  Then threw it;  Then took it to hide from George.

Question 13:  Why did Lennie kill Curley’s wife?

Answer Q 13:  He was trying to keep her quiet; he panicked.

Question 14:  Why did Curley’s wife say she married Curley?

Answer Q 14:  To get away from her mother; to make her mother angry.

Question 15:  Who was the first to discover Curley’s wife’s dead body in the barn?

Answer Q 15:  Candy

Question 16: True or False?  The men have $10 invested in the horseshoe tenement.

Answer Q 16:  False; they have $4 invested

Question 17:  The entire novel takes place over a ___ day period.

Answer Q 17:  3 3 3 3

Question 18:  The death of Candy’s dog foreshadows…

Answer Q 18: Lennie’s death…  Done in the same fashion  Done by George who realizes Lennie would be more comfortable with him doing it over being terrified by Curley  Done with the same weapon

Question 19  The CLIMAX of the story was when…

Answer Q 19:  George reluctantly took his best friend’s life to save him from a worse fate

Question 20:  Lennie is tormented by ___________________ and ___________________.

Answer Q 20:  his dead Aunt Clara and a gigantic bunny rabbit!

Question 21:  Curley’s wife most likely has no name because …

Answer Q 21:  the author wanted to demonstrate the role of a woman on a ranch

Question 22:  What was Candy’s dog’s name?

Answer Q 22:  No name was given.  *in the movie, one of them is named SMILEY!

Question 23:  What state is the setting of the novel? During which era?

Answer Q 23:  California; the Great Depression

Question 24:  Where does Crooks live?

Answer Q 24:  in the harness room, aka the “tack room”; a room attached to the barn

Question 25: True or False?  Curley’s wife claims that her mother hid a bus ticket that a talent agent had sent to her to advance her movie career.

Answer Q 25:  FALSE; her mother supposedly hid a letter

Question 26:  What is one major THEME of the book?  (Tonight’s homework will be practice for this one!)

Answer Q 26:  friendship  loneliness & isolation  first impressions  hard work pays off  dreams

Question 27:  When Curley and the other men find his dead wife, what does George’s appearance foreshadow?

Answer Q 27:  That George is concealing something; his appearance and behavior are suspicious.

Question 28:  At the very end of the novel, _________ is the only one that knows what truly happened between Lennie and George.

Answer Q 28:  Slim

Question 29:  What was Crooks’ main conflict?

Answer Q 29:  He was segregated; felt the pain of racism

Question 30:  What reason does George give Carlson for not finding his gun?

Answer Q 30:  He lost it.  *That’s irony b/c a careful reader KNOWS BETTER!

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Question 31:  What do Aunt Clara and the Gigantic Rabbit represent?

Answer Q 31:  Lennie’s conscience or guilt about the “bad things” he has done.

Question 32:  Who owns the gun used to shoot the dog and Lennie? What make is it?

Answer Q 32:  Carlson; Luger pistol.

Question 33: True or False  Crooks never really wanted to live on George and Lennie’s farm.

Answer Q 33:  False; he did want to live on the farm, but retracts his offer because of Curley’s wife’s threats.