When and where is Of Mice & Men set?
Of Mice & Men is set in Soledad, California in 1937
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy's dog?
Carlson wants to shoot Candy's dog because it stinks and its old age.
How did Crooks get his name?
Crooks got his name since he was kicked by a horse, which made his back crooked.
Curley's wife wanted to be a? Why did this dream fail?
Curley's wife wanted to be an actress. This dream failed because her "old lady" would not let her go be an actress.
George and Lennie are different from other men because...?
George and Lennie are different from other men because they have each other.
Which character has the least amount of power on the ranch? Why?
The character that has the least amount of power on the ranch is Crooks, because of his skin color. Even the fact that Curley's wife, who mind you, isn't even named, has more power than Crooks. We can see she has more power when she threatens to hang him
What is foreshadowing? Name one instance when it happens in the book.
Foreshadowing is is an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future or an indication of a future event. One instance of foreshadowing in the book is when Carlson shoots Candy's dog in the back of the head to end the dog's suffering and George
After killing Curley's wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?
The pair of figures that appear is "Aunt Clara" and a gigantic rabbit. One of the people who raised him up and something he wanted to take care or / tend for.
Which two characters check Curley's wife for vital signs?
Slim and Candy.
Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
George takes Carlson's Luger. (gun)
Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.
George
I ought to of shot that dog myself.
candy
The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits.
George
If you don' want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time.
Lennie
We could live offa the fatta the lan'.
Lennie
If you... guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to.
Crooks
Blubberin' like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you!
George
A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long he's with you. I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.
Crooks
He ain't mean. I can tell a mean guy from a mile off.
slim
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. Just nothing but mad.
Curley's Wife
I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny.
Curley's Wife
Bus driver give us a bum steer... we hadda walk ten miles.
George
I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along.
Lennie
What the hell you laughin' at?
Curley
Well - she got the eye.
Candy
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!
Lennie
Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their heads. They're all the time talkin' about it, but it's jus' in their heads.
Crooks
I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.
George
Curley always carries a bull whip to show that he has more power than the regular working men on the ranch.
false
Curley's wife invites Lennie to hold her hand and rub her shoulders.
False
Candy will still go and buy the small farm on his own; he isn't going to be deterred by George & Lennie.
False
Lennis is described as a terrier, a bull, a horse, and a bear.
False
Lennie's last name is Milton
False
George's last name is Small.
False
While Candy announces the death of Curley's wife, George goes to the ranch house and steals Curley's gun.
True
Author Steinbeck uses this story to examine the predatory nature of humanity and the impossibility of the American Dream.
True
Crooks changes his mind about joining the dream farm when George scolds everyone for being in Crooks' room.
True
Before shooting Lennie, George tells Lennie that he's sorry and that he was never really mad at Lennie.
True
Lennie likes mustard on his beans.
False
Curley keeps Vaseline in one of his gloves to help soothe an old boxing injury.
False
A "cathouse" is another term for "whorehouse" or "brothel".
True
George is the first person to discover the dead body of Curley's wife.
false
George & Lennis spent a total of eight days on the ranch.
false
Both Crooks' alarm clock and his single-barrelled shotgun could be seen as symbols of his loneliness.
true
Crooks was given $250 after his hand was mangled in a piece of farm equipment.
False
Lennie didn't like the rubber mouse his mother bought for him because it wasn't soft, like a real mouse.
True
Of Mice & Men was first published in 1937.
True