Oh, Lennie!
Name That Character
Themes
The Author and the Times
Plot
100
Lennie hopes to tend these animals when he and George get a farm.
What are rabbits?
100
This old swamper only has one hand and wants to go in with George and Lennie on their dream.
Who is Candy?
100
Crook's description of his isolation from the rest of the workers represents this theme of the story.
What is loneliness?
100
This author is famous for books such as East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men.
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
This is the crime Lennie was accused of in Weed.
What is rape?
200
This unusual item is in Lennie's pocket in Chapter One.
What is a dead mouse?
200
This lonely stable buck was kicked by a horse, resulting in a crooked spine.
Who is Crooks?
200
This theme is evident between George & Lennie and George & Slim.
What is friendship?
200
Of Mice and Men takes place during the major economic downturn known as this.
What is The Great Depression?
200
After Lennie crushes Curley's hand, the men make Curley say that his hand was crushed by this.
What is a machine?
300
Most of the animals that Lennie kills (past and present) die from this.
What is being pet too hard?
300
This character is a prize-winning boxer and always looking for a fight.
Who is Curley?
300
George and Lennie aspire to get a place to call their own. The American Dream consists of these three things.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
300
Salinas is the Salad Bowl of the United States. During The Great Depression, the region that food could not grow in was known as this.
What is The Dust Bowl?
300
The night before they start work, George tells Lennie to meet him back where they are camping if Lennie gets into this.
What is trouble?
400
Lennie kills these three things throughout the course of the novel.
What are a mouse, puppy/dog, and Curley's wife?
400
This is the only female character (not mentioned in passing) in the story.
Who is Curley's wife?
400
George and Carlson both convey this theme through the act of killing.
What is mercy?
400
Of Mice and Men mostly takes place in this local city.
What is Soledad?
400
Carlson thinks that Lennie stole this from him, when in actuality George did.
What is a Luger? (handgun, pistol, gun)
500
In his younger years, George was cruel to Lennie until after the time he made Lennie do this.
What is jump in the river? (without knowing how to swim)
500
This character has a Luger and volunteers to shoot another character's dog.
Who is Carlson?
500
This character demonstrates the theme of self-sacrifice in his care of Aunt Clara's nephew.
Who is George?
500
The author of Of Mice and Men graduated from this high school.
What is Salinas High School?
500
Lennie's accidental killing of this first animal foreshadows the later murder of a person.
What is a mouse?
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