front 1 Of Mice and Men was first published in what year | back 1 1937 |
front 2 What is the name of the town from which George and Lennie are fleeing when the story opens | back 2 Weed |
front 3 What excites Lennie most about his dream life with George | back 3 He will get to tend rabbits |
front 4 Why is Candy unable to imagine getting rid of his old dog | back 4 He has had the dog since it was a puppy |
front 5 Why does Curley wear a Vaseline-filled glove on one hand | back 5 He wants to keep his hand soft for his wife |
front 6 Why does Carlson insist on shooting Candy’s dog | back 6 Carlson believes the dog is too old and decrepit to be of any use |
front 7 Whit enters the bunkhouse with a magazine featuring a man he used to work with. Why is the man in the magazine | back 7 He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication |
front 8 What is Old Susy’s place | back 8 A flophouse |
front 9 Who discovers Curley’s dead wife | back 9 Candy |
front 10 What does Curley wear to set himself apart from the other men | back 10 High-heeled boots |
front 11 Who cared for Lennie before George | back 11 Lennie's aunt Clara |
front 12 Of Mice and Men is set in which decade | back 12 1930s |
front 13 What does Curley’s wife offer to let Lennie touch | back 13 Her hair |
front 14 To whom does Candy look for advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog | back 14 Slim |
front 15 Why do many critics find fault with Of Mice and Men | back 15 They find Steinbeck’s portrayal of Lennie excessively sentimental |
front 16 How does Steinbeck foreshadow the death of Curley’s wife | back 16 He opens the chapter in which she dies with Lennie petting his dead puppy |
front 17 How did Crooks get his name | back 17 He has a crooked back |
front 18 Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take | back 18 Carlson’s |
front 19 What does George say to Lennie before shooting him | back 19 He tells Lennie the story of their farm |
front 20 When Lennie drops down next to the pool of water as the story opens, what is George’s advice to him | back 20 He tells him not to drink too much water to avoid getting sick |
front 21 Who is the only man to understand the bond between Lennie and George | back 21 Slim |
front 22 After killing Curley’s wife, which of the following pairs does Lennie imagine appears to chastise his behavior | back 22 Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit |
front 23 Whom do Lennie and George agree to let live on their farm | back 23 Candy |
front 24 Why doesn’t Crooks allow Lennie to enter his room at first | back 24 Because he says a white man shouldn’t be allowed in his room since he is not allowed in the white men’s bunkhouse |
front 25 Disappointed with her life, Curley’s wife wonders where she would be if she had followed her dreams and become which of the following things | back 25 A movie star |