Of Mice and Men
Grammar
General
Vocabulary
Culture & society
100

The two main characters

George and Lennie

100

The past tense of “go”

Went

100

This Swedish singer won Eurovision song contest with the song “Euphoria” in 2012

Loreen

100

The meaning of essential in English

Extremely important or necessary

100

This country celebrates Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November

USA

200

The author of Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

200

A word that describes a noun

Adjective

200

This language is spoken by the most people in the world as their native language

Mandarin (Chinese)

200

The opposite of “increase”

Decrease

200

This is the name of the British monarch who reigned for over 70 years and passed away in 2022

Queen Elizabeth II

300

Mention three other characters than the main characters

For example: Candy, Slim, Curley, Curley’s wife, Crooks

300

Describe genitive

Marks belonging: Mathilda’s cat

300

The largest internal organ in the human body

The liver
300

Translate ambiguous

Tvetydig, mångtydig, oklar

300

This is the name of the 2020 global movement that protested against police brutality and systemic racism, sparked by the death of George Floyd

Black Lives Matter

400

This theory is a central theme in the book


The American dream

400

The plural form of sheep

Sheep

400

This chemical element has the symbol “Au”

Gold

400

Translate indifferent

Likgiltig; bryr sig inte

400

This is the name of the South African leader who spent 27 years in prison and later became president, helping to end apartheid

Nelson Mandela

500

This character is isolated because of his race and lives alone in the stable

Crooks

500

Describe subject-verb agreement

Add an -s after the verb when singular, not when plural (Mathilda runs)

500

This is the capital city of Canada

Ottawa

500

Translate exacerbate

Förvärra

500

This movement, which began in the U.S. in the 1950s and 60s, aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination

Civil Rights movement