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Who said that?
No Mystery, Only History
These Points are Symbolic
Of Steinbeck and Stories
Headscratchers
100

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.

George
100
The economic downturn of the 1930s is called the
Great Depression
100
Rabbits represent
Lennie's dream, Lennie's sweetness, Lennie's love of soft things, Lennie's innocence
100
Steinbeck grew up in 
California
100
The language "To A Mouse" was originally written in was
Lowland Scots
200

"I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself."

Curley's Wife
200
A major cause of the Great Depression is
The stock market crash
200
Hands represent
Independence, strength, productivity, masculinity, worth, power
200
What are some reasons Steinbeck says that he writes?
Loneliness, to share human truth
200
Langston Hughes repeats this line in his poem
America was never America to me
300
"Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."
Crooks
300
This area of the Western US experienced excessive dust storms in the 30s.
the Dust Bowl
300
George's cards represent
Independence, escapism, luck, chance, inclusion/exclusion, isolation
300

Steinbeck almost named Of Mice and Men...

"Something that Happened"
300
"To A Mouse" is based on what legendary experience of Robert Burns?
He ploughed through a mouse's home
400

If you knew her, if you could ever break down a thousand little defenses she has built up, you would find a nice person, an honest person, and you would end up loving her. 

John Steinbeck
400

This poet is the author of "To a Mouse"

Robert Burns
400
Candy's dog represents
Worthlessness, age, dependency, Lennie and George's relationshi
400
Steinbeck believed Curley's Wife was
Innocent, manipulated, affected by sexism
400

List three themes in Of Mice and Men.

Friendship, discrimination, loneliness, exclusion, marginalization, hopelessness, the American dream, etc.
500
America was never America to me.
Langston Hughes
500
The actress Steinbeck wrote his letter about Curley's Wife to was named
Claire Luce
500
George and Lennie's dream farm
The American dream, the unattainable American dream
500

Steinbeck based the title of Of Mice and Men on

a poem by Robert Burns
500
Carlson's gun is a type of pistol called a
Luger