Of Mice and Men
Review
Game
Rules of the Game
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The class will be separated into TWO
teams.
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One player from each team will stand
at the stool with hands behind their
backs.
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Once I have completely read the
question, the first player to grab the
stuffed dog has a chance to answer.
Rules, Continued
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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
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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 to
the 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