HOT POTATO! You can take this question, or pass it to a group you think might get it wrong.
Which theme is expressed when Crooks is forced to sleep in the stable away from the other men?
What is loneliness or race
100
What character owns the Luger that George uses to shoot Lennie?
Who is Carlson
100
“He’s a nice fella...Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me some times it jus’ works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.”
Who is Slim
100
In what chapter did Lennie kill Curley's wife?
What is Chapter 5
100
The author of Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
Which theme is expressed when the men on the ranch respect Slim more than Curley?
What is class
200
Which character had the dream to be in "pitchers?"
Who is Curley's wife
200
"If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing-just to keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand."
Who is Crooks
200
In what chapter does Crooks talk to Lennie about his past?
What is Chapter 4
200
The term for traveling farmers like George and Lennie
What are migrant workers
300
Which theme is expressed with Curley's wife not having a name?
What is gender
300
Which character has power and authority because of his position as the owner's son on the ranch?
Who is Curley
300
PHONE A FRIEND! Your group can ask for help from one of the teachers.
"I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her."
Who is George
300
In what chapter does Carlson shoot Candy's dog?
What is chapter 3
300
The state where Of Mice and Men takes place
What is California
400
Which theme is expressed when Curley's wife says to Crooks, "You know what I could do?"
What is race
400
What are three examples of soft things that Lennie likes to pet?
What are velvet dresses, mice, puppies, and Curley's wife's hair
400
"You hadda, George. I swear you hadda."
Who is Slim
400
In what chapter does George tell Lennie to meet him in the brush if anything goes wrong?
What is chapter 1
400
DOUBLE POINTS! This question is worth 800 rather than 400.
List two historical events that influenced Steinbeck's novel
What are The Great Depression and the dust bowl
500
Which theme is expressed when George tells Lennie, "They got no family. They don't belong no place."
What is loneliness
500
What was George and Lennie's dream? Who wanted to be a part of their dream and what would they contribute?
To own their own farm; Lennie-tend to the rabbits, Candy- swamper-$250, Crooks-odd jobs
500
"Well, I ain't supposed to talk to you or nothing."