Characters
Place
Facts
The American Dream
Who dies?
100

Name the two main characters in the story "Of Mice and Men."

Who are George and Lennie?

100

Where is the story set?

What is "on a ranch"?

100

How were women seen or treated in the early 1930s?

What is inferior to a man?

What is a seductresses/caretakers of a man/possessions?

100

What is the American dream?

What is the hope of achieving a comfortable life -nice home, car, family etc.?

100

Whose dog is killed early in the story?

Who is Candy's dog?

200

Which character in the story was considered a tart?

Who is Curley's wife?

200

Name the town that George and Lennie fled from?

What is Weed?

200

Name one challenge that many people faced in the early 1930s?

What is poverty?

200

What was George and Lennie's American dream?

What is "the dream of getting their own farm"?

200

Which animal did George accidentally kill on the ranch?

What is a puppy?

300

Name the character in the story who treated with racism and discrimination because he was the only black man on the ranch?

Who is Crooks?

300

Where is the ranch where they work located?

What is Salinas Valley?

300

Name one challenge that minorities faced in the early 1900s?

What is racism/discrimination?

300

What was Candy's American dream?

What is to join in with George and Lennie and own his own farm?

300

Who does George accidentally kill in the barn?

Who is Curley's wife.

400

Name the character who is an old ranch worker who had lost of of his hands in a work accident and who now works as a swamper or cleaner on the ranch?

Who is Candy?

400

In which state was the ranch located

What is California?

400

What is the Great Depression?

What is a period of prolonged poverty and unemployment?

400

What is Curley's wife American dream?

What is to be a film star?

400

Candy dies in the story. Is this statement "true" or "false"?

What is false?

500

Who did Lennie "attack" in a previous town?

Who is the girl in the red dress?

500

Where did most of the men who worked on the farm sleep?

What is a bunkhouse?

500

Name a challenge that characters in Of Mice and Men faced that you believe people are still facing today?

What is any plausible answer?

500

What is your American dream?

What is any answer?

500

Who kills George?

Who is Lennie?

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