Characters
1. A cripped black man who was raised with white children, is educated, and has a crooked spine.
2. A huge man, shapeless of face with large, pale eyes and wide sloping shoulders.
1. Crooks / 2. Lennie
"I get lonely...You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody... How'd you like not to talk to anybody?"
Curley's wife
According to Candy, why does Curley wear a glove on his left hand?
a) For protection
b) His hand was injured in a machine
c) To keep it soft
d) To represent that he was a boxer
e) None of the above
c) To keep it soft
Lennie likes ____ with his beans.
Ketchup
At the end of the novel, what does George do?
a) Gives Lennie hell.
b) Tells Lennie about the farm.
c) Shoots Lennie.
d) Begs Lennie to run away before he needs to do the unthinkable.
e) None of the above
b) Tells Lennie about the farm.
c) Shoots Lennie.
1. The guy with the little man syndrome.
2. The old swamper
1. Curley / 2. Candy
"He ain't mean... I can see Lennie ain't a bit mean."
Slim
What does George tell Lennie to do if he gets in trouble again?
a) Run and find a cave
b) Never lie to him and always tell him the truth
c) Go back to the stream where they slept
d) Hide in the brush
e) None of the above
c) Go back to the stream where they slept
d) Hide in the brush
Candy is willing to give George and Lennie ___$ toward the purchase of the farm, as well as the promise that ____.
350$ and the promise that they can keep his keeps after he passes away. He just wants a place to work that he can call his own and somewhere that will keep him even when he can't do the work.
Of what does the boss accuse George?
a) Taking Lennie's pay.
b) Attempting to trick him.
c) Arriving without an invitation.
d) Being bad workers.
e) None of the above
a) Taking Lennie's pay.
1. This character can't talk to anyone.
2. This character goes to the barn to put tar on a horse's split hoof.
"An' it'd be our own, an' nobody could can us."
George
When George and Lennie are first introduced, Lennie has _ in his pocket.
a) A puppy
b) A rabbit's foot
c) A mouse
d) A work slip from Murray and Ready's
e) None of the above
c) A mouse
Lennie and George were chased out of ____ because Lennie had touched ______, and she claimed she was raped.
Weed because Lennie touched a girl's dress
Does George betray or save Lennie by killing him?
Answers will vary.
ALL TEAMS GET TO ANSWER AND SHOOT THE BALL.
1. He discovers the dead body of Curley's wife.
2. A former boxer.
3. He wants Candy to put his dog out of its suffering.
1. Candy / 2. Curley / 3. Carlson
"I seen it over an' over - a guy talkin' to another guy an' it don't make no difference if he don't hear or understand. The thing is, they're talkin' or they're settin' still not talkin'. It don't make no difference, no difference."
Crooks
What is the asking price of the farm, which Lennie and George hope to purchase?
a) 300$
b) 350$
c) 400$
d) 450$
e) None of the above
e) None of the above (600$)
Lennie imagines ____ scolding him. "I tol' you an' tol' you... Min' George."
Aunt Clara
Explain 3 OTHER situations where the reader can foreshadow the ending.
Answers will vary.
1. He tells George that Curley married a tart, claiming that "she got the eye".
2. Small and quick, dark face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.
3. George takes this character's pistol.
1. Candy / 2. George / 3. Carlson
"Look, Candy. This ol' dog jus' suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head... right there, why he'd never know what hit him."
Carlson
What lie does George tell the boss upon their arrival?
a) The bus driver dropped them off 10 miles in the wrong direction.
b) That Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse.
c) That they needed one more night's sleep before they got started.
d) That George and Lennie are cousins.
e) None of the above
a) The bus driver dropped them a "bum steer" by dropping them 10 miles away.
b) That Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse.
d) That George and Lennie are cousins.
_____ takes a magazine, containing a letter that he believes was written by a former rand hand, into the bunkhouse.
Whit
Explain 3 OTHER situations where the reader can foreshadow the ending.
See answers in Doc.