George
Lennie
Other OMAM Characters
Vocabulary
Potpourri
100
George talks to Lennie about this before he shoots him.
What is their dream of a farm?
100
Lennie wants this condiment for his beans.
What is ketchup?
100
Curley wears a glove full of this to keep his hand soft for his wife.
What is Vaseline?
100
This word means "hiding."
What is concealing?
100
The literary device where you compare two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
This is the card game that George plays.
What is solitaire?
200
Lennie looks forward to this job the most when it comes to the farm he and George want.
What is tending the rabbits?
200
This character's dog is shot after he raised the animal since it was a puppy.
Who is Candy?
200
This word means "ruins a person's reputation."
What is derogatory?
200
The literary device where an author gives human characteristics to a non-living thing.
What is personification?
300
George borrows this person's gun to shoot Lennie.
Who is Carlson?
300
This person cared for Lennie before George.
Who is Aunt Clara?
300
This character grew up on a chicken farm and now lives in a barn.
Who is Crooks?
300
This word means "beat up."
What is mauled?
300
(I.ii.39). is an example of this.
What is how to cite a quote from Shakespeare?
400
When talking to the boss, George lies and says he and Lennie know each other because they are ________.
What are cousins?
400
Lennie gets his puppy from this character.
Who is Slim?
400
Curley's wife dreamt of being this for a living.
What is an actress?
400
This word is a synonym for "threateningly."
What is ominously?
400
This type of sentence should explain what your paragraph will be about, grab the reader's attention and focus on one main idea.
What is a topic sentence?
500
George keeps this item in his pocket, even though it belongs to Lennie.
What is Lennie's work card?
500
Lennie breaks Curley's wife's neck after she lets him touch this.
What is her hair?
500
When Lennie hurts Curley, he lies and says what hurt his hand?
What is a machine? (He got it caught in a machine.)
500
This word means "strong dislike of something unfair."
What is indignation?
500
When the audience knows something that a character does not, it is called this.
What is dramatic irony?
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