Plot
Characters
Literary Elements and Setting
Book Facts and 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 novella 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
At the beginning of the novel, Lennie kills this animal, which foreshadows his later killing.
What is a mouse?
200
This character is known for being "handy" and doesn't like big guys.
Who is Curley?
200
This is what George tells Lennie to do if he gets into trouble.
What is hide in the brush?
200
The characters in the novel are all this kind of worker.
What is migrant workers?
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
When Lennie kills the mouse and when Candy's dog is killed are examples of this literary element.
What is foreshadowing?
300
This state is both the setting and the home of the author.
What is California?
300
Lennie describes his own version of this theme when he dreams about the ranch and having a place of his own.
What is dreams and plans?
400
Carlson thinks that Lennie took this from him when it was George who used this to kill Lennie.
What is a luger?
400
This character hopes to join in George and Lennie's dream.
Who is Candy?
400
The story takes place in this decade.
What is the 1930s?
400
The poem from which John Steinbeck borrowed the title of his book.
What is "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns?
400
The following quote represents this theme. "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?"
What is loneliness?
500
This person's murder is the climax of the story.
Who is Curley's Wife?
500
This character is the only one who is never given an actual name in the entire novel.
Who is Curley's Wife?
500
This is the river described in the novella.
What is the Salinas River?
500
The line of the poem that John Steinbeck took the title from, which relates to a theme of the novel.
What is "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry?"
500
The following quote represents this theme. "When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while."
What is friendship?