Of Mice and Men

Review Game

Rules of the Game

The class will be separated into TWO teams.

One player from each team will stand at the stool with hands behind their backs.

Once I have completely read the question, the first player to grab the stuffed dog has a chance to answer.

Rules, Continued

If the player gets the answer right, his/her team gets a point.

If the answer is wrong, the team loses a point. The chance to answer goes to the opposite team.

If the other team answers wrong, they also lose a point, and the question goes to Rock, Paper, Scissors for a “team play.”

Rules, still continued

If neither player knows the answer when the question is initially read, it goes to Rock, Paper, Scissors for a “team play.”

To recap: hands behind back, wait for question to be FULLY read, wrong answers lose points, and “stumps” go to Rock, Paper, Scissors for the “team play.”

Question #1

Who is the author of Of Mice and Men?

John Steinbeck

Question #2

What are the two main themes of the novel?

Loneliness & Dreams not coming true

Question #3

What is the name of the town in which George and Lennie worked before Soledad?

Weed

Question #4

Many of Steinbeck’s stories, including this one, are set in

which US state?

California

Question #5

Who said, “I had ‘im ever since he was a pup. God, he was a good

sheep dog when he was younger,”?

Candy

Question #6

What two “characters” are similar?

Lennie & Candy’s Dog

Question #7

What is “the eye”?

Looking someone up and down. Flirting with someone.

Question #8

What was in Curly’s glove?

Vaseline

Question #9

What is an example of irony in the novel?

Lennie’s last name

Question #10

Who said, “Hardly none of the guys ever travel together… You know how the hands are, they just come in and get their bunk

and work a month, and then they quit and go out alone,”?

Slim

Question #11

What 3 things did Lennie kill?

Mice, his puppy, and Curly’s Wife

Question #12

What literary term is this an example of: “And row on row of tiny wind waves flowed up the pool’s green surface,”?

Imagery

Question #13

What metaphor did Steinbeck use to describe Lennie’s hands?

Paws

Question #14

Who is most respected of all the workers on the ranch?

Slim

Question #15

Who said, “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t

play because I’m black,”?

Crooks

Question #16

What is Lennie’s favorite quote regarding their dream?

“We’ll live off the fatta the lan.”

Question #17

Which 2 people found out about George and Lennie’s

dream?

Candy and Crooks

Question #18

Why does Curly hate Lennie?

Lennie is a big guy and Curly is small

Question #19

Who said, “If he tangles with you, Lennie, we’re gonna get

the can. Don’t make no mistake about that,”?

George

Question #20

What literary term is this an example of? “On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little

gray, sculpted statues.”

Simile

Question #21

Who truly understood why George shot Lennie?

Slim

Question #22

Since Crooks cannot go in the bunkhouse at night,

what is his hobby?

Reading books

Question #23

What color were Curly’s Wife’s shoes? How is this symbolic?

Red

Question #24

Who said, “Funny thing, if I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together

an’ you won’t talk,”?

Curly’s Wife

Question #25

Why did Lenny kill Curly’s Wife?

He did not know his own strength

He got scared.

Question #26

What would an example of foreshadowing be in the novel?

George telling Lennie to return tothe river and hide if anything goes

wrong

Question #27

Which character has an “ageless face”?

Slim

Question #28

Who said, “If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’

and by God he’s got to do it. An’ if a fren’ come along, why we’d

have an extra bunk, an’ we’d say, ‘Why don’t you spen’ the night’

an’’ by God he would,”?

George

Question #29

What disappointment came for Curly’s Wife before she decided

to marry Curly?

The letter from the movie guy never came

Question #30

Candy’s dog was old and useless. Candy is also old and bordering on being useless. What literary

term is this an example of?

Symbolism