1. This is Jeopardy! Of Mice and Men

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3. Lost his hand and received $250 because of it.

4. Who is Candy?

5. The “stable buck” on the ranch.

6. Who is Crooks?

7. Shoots the old dog.

8. Who is Carlson?

9. Jerkline skinner on the ranch whom George told about Lennie’s experience in Weed.

10. Who is Slim?

11. Son of the boss whose hand was crushed by Lennie.

12. Who is Curley?

13. Who is described in the following passage: “She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger.”

14. Who is Curley’s Wife?

15. He said: “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they big my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and they was dead – because they was so little.”

16. Who is Lennie?

17. He says: “You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me.”

18. Who is Crooks?

19. He says: “That dog of Candy’s is so old he can’t hardly walk…Why’n’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog.”

20. Who is Carlson?

21. Who says: “An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down in a cage. That ain’t no good.”

22. Who is Slim?

23. He said: “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead, because they was so little.”

24. “Lennie dabbled his big pay in the water.”

25. What is a metaphor?

26. This is when we learn about the character directly from the narrator. For example, if the narrator tells directly what Curley’s wife looks like: “full, rouged lips and wide spaced eyes.”

27. The use of words like “thud,” “clang,” “buzz.”

28. What is onomatopoeia?

29. The literary device that is demonstrated in the following passage: “Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on.”

30. What is personification?

31. Candy is troubled over whether or not to have his dog killed. Later he says that he should have done it himself.

32. What is internal conflict?

33. What is direct characterization?

34. The use of words like “thud,” “clang,” “buzz.”

35. Lennie was to go here if he got in any trouble.

36. What is the brush?

37. This happened to cause Lennie to start traveling with George.

38. What is the death of Aunt Clara?

39. The men lie and say that Curley’s hand got crushed by this.

40. What is a machine?

41. Characters that knew about George and Lennie’s dream.

42. Who are George, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks?

43. The setting of the story. (state)

44. What is California?

45. This character always says “We’ll live off the fatta the lan.”

46. Who is Lennie?

47. George promised Lennie he would ask this man for a pup.

48. Who is Slim?

49. This man teased Lennie about George not coming back from town.

50. Who is Crooks?

51. This was the only person who really understood why George had to shoot Lennie.

52. Who is Slim?

53. Says: “I tell ya I could of went with shows. Not jus’ one, neither. An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers.”

54. Who is Curley’s wife?

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56. The man who wanted to join George and Lennie on their ranch.

57. Who is Candy?

58. The character who was kicked in the back by a horse.

59. Who is Crooks?

60. George and Lennie’s job on the ranch.

61. What is bucking barley?

62. The crop George and Lennie plan to feed the rabbits.

63. What is alfalfa?

64. Curley’s glove was full of this.

65. What is Vaseline?

66. “George, tell me about the.”

67. What are rabbits?

68. “Don’t let him sock me, George.” Who does Lennie want George to protect him from?

69. Who is Curley?

70. He says: “I ain’t sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights, even if he don’t like ‘em.”

71. Who is Crooks?

72. Says: “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”

73. Who is Curley’s wife?

74. He speaks the last line of the book.

75. Who is Carlson?

76. “George, tell me about the.”

77. “Don’t let him sock me, George.” Who does Lennie want George to protect him from?

78. A comparison of two things using like or as.

79. What is a simile?

80. Using over-exaggeration.

81. What is hyperbole?

82. Giving human qualities to non-human things.

83. What is personification?

84. Comparing two unlike things without using like or as.

85. What is a metaphor?

86. Man vs. Man is this type of conflict.

87. What is an external conflict?

88. The condiment Lennie wanted for his beans.

89. What is ketchup?

90. The color of the dress Lennie grabbed in Weed.

91. What is red?

92. The fight between Curley and Lennie took place here.

93. What is the bunk house?

94. This is how much George thought he would pay for his ranch.

95. What is $600?

96. Lennie threatened to leave George and go live here.

97. What is in a cave?

98. This character owns a pistol.

99. Who is Carlson?

100. This character owns a shotgun.

101. Who is Crooks?

102. This character finds Curley’s wife.

103. Who is Candy?

104. The men were playing this game when Curley’s wife died.

105. What is horseshoes?

106. This character killed Lennie.

107. Who is George?

108. Final Jeopardy! Writing Style Writing Style

109. The two types of writing styles utilized by Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men.

110. What are naturalistic and lyrical?