Which character is injured, but still hopes to join George and Lennie's dream/plan?
Who is Candy
100
What is Lennie's dream?
What is to take care of the rabbits and live on the ranch with George.
100
Lennie's name, Lennie Small, is an example of what literary device?
What is irony
100
What characters could illustrate the theme of loneliness?
What is Crooks, Candy, Curley's wife
200
When did the Dust Bowl/Great Depression take place? Approx years.
What is 1930's
200
What character is unhappy with their life and dies from a broken neck.
Who is Curley's wife
200
After the death of Curley's wife, what does George steal?
What is Carlson's gun/luger
200
Which event does the death of Candy's dog foreshadow?
What is Curley's wife's death and Lennie's death
200
What does Crooks represent in our society?
What is segregation
300
How did the Great Depression affect the American people?
What is they lost their jobs, money, homes, etc.
300
How would you describe Curley's wife when she enters the bunkhouse/barn "looking" for Curley?
What is flirty/seductive
300
Explain how Curley's wife may have caused her own death
What is she invited Lennie to touch/play with her hair. Became too friendly with him.
300
Give an example of how circular plot structure is used in the novel.
What is begins and ends at the brush, etc.
300
What is an allegory?
What is a narrative where characters represent concepts different from the literal meaning of the story.
400
How is the Great Depression/1930's time period related to Of Mice and Men
What is people do not have steady jobs, migrant workers, people not achieving their American Dream.
400
How are Crooks and Candy similar?
Answers may vary.
segregated
old
disabled (hunchback/missing limb)
lonely
400
Using examples from the book, explain why Slim is the most respected man on the ranch.
What is he is a skilled worker, people look up to him for advice, he is even-tempered, fair, a leader, etc
400
Lennie is most often associated with animal imagery. Why is this?
What is he is helpless like an animal
400
Like the Great Gatsby, this era also signifies a decline in the American Dream. Which event from the story helps to illustrate this?
What is Curley's wife dying and then George killing Lennie
500
Analyze, using evidence, how George and Lennie’s relationship was different than a “typical” migrant worker during that time period.
answers may vary.
They had friendship, each other.
they traveled together.
500
To whom does the dream of the land really belong- George or Lennie? Cite evidence/examples from the book to support your answers.
What is George and provide evidence
500
Compare and contrast the pros and cons of George’s decision to kill Lennie.
Answers may vary.
500
Throughout the story, George and Lennie talk about getting their own place…with rabbits. This image made such an impact on Lennie that he envisioned a rabbit talking to him as he waited for George on the riverbank. Analyze what was important or symbolic about rabbits in this novel.
Answers may vary.
It was his American Dream.
500
What theme is most prevalent in the novel? Explain why and how this is a reflection of the Great Depression/1930’s time period.
Answers may vary.
American Dreams ruined
Loneliness
Need for friendship