Jeopardy Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Tragedy Components Miscellaneous CharactersQuotes Themes/Symbols
$100 George and Lennie travel and work together. They care for each other
$100 Friendship
$200 Getting their own ranch; living off the fat of the land; tend rabbits
$200 American Dream
$300 All the workers on the ranch (besides George and Lennie) work and travel alone
$300 Loneliness
$400 Question from H1 Carlson killing Candy’s dog and George killing Lennie
$400 Euthanasia
$500 Crooks has to live in the stable; Curley’s wife is nameless
$500 Discrimination
$100 You god damn right we’re gonna do it. George says we are. We got the money right now.
$100 Candy
$200 S’pose George don’t come back no more. S’pose he took a powder and just ain’t coming back no more. What’ll you do then?
$200 Crooks
$300 So you wasn’t gonna say a word. You was gonna leave your big flapper shut and leave me do the talking. Damn near lost us the job.
$300 George
$400 …If you…guys would want a hand to work for nothing-just his keep, why I’d come an’ lend a hand. I ain’t so crippled I can’t work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to.
$400 Crooks
$500 I ought to of shot that dog myself, George.
$500 Candy
$100 Big, bear like, strong hands, good worker, forgetful at times, likes soft things, and petting things causes him trouble
$100 Lennie
$200 Gets around, whore of the ranch, teases all the men, the only woman in the book
$200 Curley’s Wife
$300 Calm, peaceful, people look to him for advice, and he understands the relationship that Lennie and George have between them
$300 Slim
$400 Small, son of the owner of the ranch, is insecure about himself, tries to fight everyone that is bigger than him, and always is looking for his wife
$400 Curley
$500 Has a dog that gave birth to 9 pups (he drowns 4 of them), shoots Candy’s dog to put it out of its misery, is nice and tells people what to do as far as work
$500 Carlson
$100 George is a migrant worker
$100 Common Person
$200 He trusts Lennie too much..he isn’t strict enough
$200 Innocent Mistake
$300 He underestimates Lennie’s potential for violence
$300 Tragic Flaw
$400 Lennie kills Curley’s wife
$400 Disastrous Consequences
$500 George tells Candy “I should of knew” after seeing Curley’s wife’s body
$500 Recognition
$100 Why is Crooks’ name appropriate?
$100 Crooks has a crooked back
$200 Why does Lennie have his mental condition?
$200 He was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a child
$300 Where do the ranch workers go to have a good time?
$300 The whore house
$400 Why does Curley keep a glove with vaseline on one hand?
$400 To keep his hand soft for his wife.
$500 Where does George tell Lennie to hide when he is in trouble?
$500 In the brush
Final Jeopardy This author wrote, “If one man kills another, it murder, but if a hundred thousand men kill another hundred thousand, it is considered an act of glory!?”
Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Tolstoy? (The book is Kingdom of God)