Of Mice and Men

Lennie didn’t like the rubber mouse his mother bought for him because it wasn’t soft, like a real mouse.

 How did Crooks get his name?

“We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”

Crooks was given $250 after his hand was mangled in a piece of farm equipment.

Of Mice and Men was published in 1937.

“You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda.”

Curley’s wife invites Lennie to hold her hand and rub her shoulders.

George and Lennie are different from the other men

A “cathouse” is another term for “whorehouse” or “brothel.”

Curley wears high-heeled boots to show that he has more power than the regular working men on the ranch.

Candy will still go and buy the small farm on his own; he isn’t going to be deterred by George and Lennie.

George and Lennie spent a total of eight days on the ranch.

 When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary technique is he using?

George is the first person to discover the dead body of Curley’s wife.

Disappointed with her life, Curley’s wife wonders where she would be if she had become...

 In which state is the story set?

Lennie is described as a terrier, a bull, a horse, and a bear.

Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?

Curley keeps Vaseline in one of his gloves to help soothe an old boxing injury.

 Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?

Lennie’s last name is Milton.

 From whom does Candy seek advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?

“I ought to of shot that dog myself.”

 Which of the following characters checks the dead body of Curley’s wife for vital signs?

In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?

Before shooting Lennie, George tells Lennie that he’s sorry and that he was never really mad at Lennie.

Lennie likes mustard on his beans.

 After killing Curley’s wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?

“Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.”

Crooks changes his mind about joining the dream farm when George scolds everyone for being in Crooks’ room.

 Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy’s dog?

“What the hell you laughin’ at?”

“But not us! An’ why? Because...I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why!”

While Candy announces the death of Curley’s wife, George goes to the ranch house and steals Curley’s gun.

Both Crooks’ alarm clock and his single-barreled shotgun could be seen as symbols of his loneliness.

George’s last name is Small. 

Whit reads aloud a letter to the editor he wrote that was published in a Western magazine.

The structure of the novel most resembles a