Plot
Characters
Literary Elements & Setting
Book Facts & The Author
Themes
100
George tells slim that Lennie was accused of this, which is the reason they had to leave Weed.
What is touching a woman?
100
This person took care of Lennie before George did.
Who is Aunt Clara?
100
This is the town that Lennie and George have to leave at the beginning of the novel.
What is Weed?
100
This man is the author of the novella Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
Crooks expresses this theme when he describes his life at the ranch where he spends most of his time in his room.
What is loneliness?
200
Lennie first kills this animal, which foreshadows his later killing.
What is a mouse?
200
This character is a boxer and has an incredible temper
Who is Curley?
200
What is ironic about Lennie's last name?
He is big!
200
The book takes place during this time period.
The Great Depression
200
This theme is evident through the relationship between George and Lennie, but also between George and Slim.
What is friendship?
300
After Lennie crushes Curley's hand, the men lie and say it was crushed by this.
What is a machine?
300
While they are hanging out in his room, this character bullies Lennie in Chapter 4,
Who is Crooks?
300
This is where George tells Lennie to go if he ever gets in trouble.
What is the brush/by the river?
300
Of Mice and Men is set in this state
California
300
Lennie describes his own version of this theme when he dreams about the ranch and having a place of his own.
What is the American Dream?
400
Carlson thinks that Lennie took this from him when it was actually George who took it.
What is a Luger/gun?
400
This character offers money and hopes to join in George and Lennie's dream.
Who is Candy?
400
Candy's dog's death is an example of this type of literary element to Lennie's death.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Given the treatment of Crooks, what were the names of the laws that were in place during the time period of the book?
Jim Crow Laws
400
George and Carlson both enact this theme through the act of killing (the dog and Lennie)
What is mercy/compassion?
500
The murder of this person is the climax of the story.
Who is Curley's wife?
500
This character is the only one who is never given an actual name in the entire novella.
Who is Curley's wife?
500
This is the river described in the novella.
What is the Salinas River?
500
Now that you have read the book, name the likely reason that this book was banned.
The racial language
500
George embodies this theme by taking care of Lennie.
What is self-sacrifice?
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