1. Of Mice and Men Review

2. Candy
The old swamper / ranch hand

3. Crooks
Stable man

4. Lennie
Mentally slow; physically strong

5. Carlson
Killed Candy’s dog

6. Curley’s wife
Wanted to be in the movies

7. Slim
Skinner; reasonable; understands Lennie and George

8. George
Kills Lennie

9. Curley
ill-tempered son of the boss

10. John Steinbeck, the author of the book, was from which state?
a. Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
d. California

11. What is the name of the town at which George and Lennie arrive at the beginning of the book?
a. Soledad b. Salinas c. Solitude d. San Diego

12. From where did John Steinbeck get the name of the book?
a. From a play b. From a poem by Langston Hughes c. From a poem by Robert Burns d. From a local folksong

13. What does George say he could do if he were alone?
Go to a “cat house.”
Drink whiskey all night
Play cards at a pool hall all night
All of the above

14. Why are George and Lennie different from other guys who work on ranches?
They are actually wealthy
They like their work and want to do it forever
They are not drifters
Each has the other to look out for him

15. What does Slim have that Lennie wants?
The best bunk
A gun
Puppies
A wife

16. Why did Curley fight with Lennie?
a. Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him.
b. They both wanted the same puppy
c. Lennie punched him first
d. Lennie made a rude remark about Curley’s wife

17. What was the real reason that Lennie was mad at the puppy?
a. It tried to bite him
b. George wouldn’t let him tend the rabbits, if he found out
c. It didn’t bounce when he was playing with it
d. It died

18. Which soft thing did not get Lennie in trouble?
a. A dead mouse b. A dress c. A piece of velvet d. A girl’s hair

19. What does “livin’ offa the fatta the lan’” mean?
a. Living off of what one produces and grows on his/her own land b. Only eating fatty meats c. Living out on the land, without shelter d. Taking things from other people’s houses

20. Why did George want Lennie to keep his mouth shut while they talked to the boss?
a. Lennie always offended people b. Lennie would tell him about the farm c. The boss might not want to hire them if he heard Lennie talk d. The boss might get upset with Lennie

21. What is not one reason that George thought that Curley’s wife was trouble?
a. She kept looking at Lennie b. She liked to play horseshoes with the guys c. She kept giving men “the eye” d. He thought she was “jailbait”

22. Which one of the following is not an example of foreshadowing in the book?
a. Crooks saying that guys like George and Lennie never accomplish their dreams b. George and Lennie having to walk to the ranch c. The death of the puppy d. George telling Lennie to remember the location of the pond

23. Over how many days does the story take place?
a. Two b. Three c. Four d. Five

24. Lennie
“I don’ like this place, George. This ain’t no good place. I wanna get outa here.”

25. George
“No, Lennie, I ain't mad. I never been mad, and I ain'now. That's a thing I want ya to know."

26. Candy
“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of let no stranger shoot my dog.”

27. “Has anybody seen my wife?”
Curley
“Has anybody seen my wife?”

28. “We can't sleep with him stinkin' around in here.”
Carlson
“We can't sleep with him stinkin' around in here.”

29. "I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."
Curley’s wife
"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."

30. Crooks
“I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. “

31. “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”
Slim
“You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”