Misc.
Which character is known for his strength but struggles to control it?
What is Lennie
what is a bedroll or bundle of personal belongings
What is a bindle
What animal does lennie dream of tending on the farm?
what are rabbits
In which us. state is the novel set?
Where is California
What is the name of the author of mice and men?
Who is John Steinbeck
who is the old ranch worker who owns an aging dog?
who is Candy
A soothed calmed or appeased in temper or anxiety
what is mollified
Who do george and lennie dream of owning together?
What is their own small farm
during which decade does the story take place?
What is the 1930s
What does lennie accidentally kill in the barn before the novel's climax?
What is a puppy
Who is the bosses son, and confronts George and Lennie in the bunk house?
Who is Curly
a skilled driver of a team of draft animals
What is a skinner
What does the dream farm symbolize for george, lennie, and candy?
what is Independence, security, and a better life.
Where do george and lennie go to find work at the beginning of the novel?
Where is a ranch near Soledad California
What happens to curley's hand during his fight with lennie?
What is Lennie crushing the bones in it.
What does candies old dog represent?
What is aging, and the way society discards things no longer useful
A derogatory term used to describe a promiscuous woman
What is Tart/Floozy
What does candy offer to contribute to the dream farm?
what is his savings and his labor
Why did George and Lennie have to leave their previous job in Weed?
What is Lennie grabbed a woman's dress because he wanted to feel its softness, frightening her, so the cops got involved.
Where does george find lennie at the end of the novel?
Where is the brush by the salinas riiver, where they had camped earlier.
whats the significance of the dead mouse lennie carries at the beginning?
What is him showing his want to touch soft things and his difficulty controlling his strength.
conveying meaning actions or a performance without using facial expressions
What is Pantomine
What kind of work do George and Lennie perform?
what is working as ranch hands doing manual labor
What major historical event helps explain the poverty and traveling workers in the novel?
What is the great depression
What important theme is shown through george and lennie's friendship?
What is companionship and loneliness