Plot
Characters
Literary Elements & Setting
Book Facts & The Author
Themes
100
George tells Slim that Lennie was accused of this, which is the reason they had to leave Weed.
What is rape?
100
This person cared for Lennie before George did.
Who is Aunt Clara?
100
This is the place that Lennie and George leave in the beginning of the novel.
What is Weed?
100
This man is the author of the novel Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
Crooks expresses this theme when he describes his life at the ranch where he spends most of his time in his room.
What is loneliness?
200
Lennie kills this animal, which foreshadows his later killing.
What is a mouse?
200
This character wears a glove of vaseline on his hand and high-heeled boots.
Who is Curley?
200
This is the river described in the novel.
What is the Salinas River?
200
The book was published in this year.
What is 1937?
200
This theme is evident through the relationship between George and Lennie, but also between George and Slim.
What is friendship?
300
After Lennie crushes Curley's hand, the men lie and say it was crushed by this.
What is a machine?
300
This character is known for his exceptional horse shoe playing skills and also tells Lennie that George may never return.
Who is Crooks?
300
This literary element attempts to capture the way people speak in writing. Mark Twain is considered a master of this.
What is dialect?
300
Of Mice and Men is set in this decade
What is 1930's?
300
Lennie describes his own version of this theme when he dreams about the ranch and having a place of his own.
What is the American Dream?
400
Carlson thinks that Lennie took this from him when it was really George.
What is a Luger?
400
This character hopes to join in George and Lennie's dream.
Who is Candy?
400
Candy's dog's death serves as this type of literary element to Lennie's death.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The author of the novella Of Mice and Men was better known for writing this popular novel.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
400
George and Carlson both enact this theme through the act of killing.
What is mercy?
500
This person's murder is the climax of the story.
Who is Curley's wife?
500
These characters are the only ones who are never given an actual name in the entire novel.
Who are the Boss and Curley's wife?
500
Lennie's size and his last name are an example of this type of literary element.
What is irony?
500
The original title of the book.
What is "Something That Happened"?
500
George embodies this theme by taking care of Lennie.
What is self-sacrifice?
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