Of Mice and Men Study Guide
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DUE ON Thursday, 1/10—TEST ON THURSDAY 1/10!
PART I: Define the following terms using the definitions from chapter vocabulary or crossword puzzles.
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1. Receptive: ____________________________
2. Cowering: _____________________________
3. Reprehensible: _________________________
4. Derogatory: ___________________________
5. Apprehensive: _________________________
6. Lumbered: ____________________________
7. Bewildered: ___________________________
8. Hovered: _____________________________
9. Sullenly: ______________________________
10. Scornfully: ____________________________
11. Monotonous: _________________________
12. Earnestly: ____________________________
13. Crestfallen: ___________________________
14. Aloof: _______________________________
15. Brutally: _____________________________
16. Swamper: ____________________________
17. Skeptically: ___________________________
18. Contorted: ___________________________
19. Dutifully: ____________________________
20. Indignation:__________________________
PART II: Answer the following questions using COMPLETE sentences. If you need additional room, answer on the
back/separate sheet of paper.
1. How would you compare the incident with the mouse in the first chapter with the killing of Curley’s wife in
chapter five? Note the similarities and differences between the two and the literary elements involved.
Please use examples from the novel.
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Of Mice and Men Study Guide
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2. If you were a lawyer and Lennie was your client, how would you make your case for his innocence in killing
Curley’s wife? Justify your response with details and examples from the text leading up to the incident as
well as from the incident itself.
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3. Do you agree or disagree with George’s actions and the outcome of the novel? What is your opinion of the
ending? What evidence would you cite from the novel to defend or criticize George’s actions?
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PART III: Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
1. Who is suspicious of George’s intentions? _________________________________________________
2. Which character owned the luger pistol? ___________________________________________________
3. At the end of the novel, who said, “You hadda George. I swear you hadda.” _______________________
4. Who tells Lennie that he will go to the “booby hatch” if George left him? _________________________
5. Which character is the FIRST one to join George and Lennie’s dream? ___________________________
6. At the end of the novel, who said, “I ain’t mad. I never been mad; an’ I ain’t now.” _________________
7. Who said, “Baloney! What do you think you’re sellin’ me?” ____________________________________
8. Which character is a welterweight fighter? _________________________________________________
9. Who said, “Why do you gotta get killed. You ain’t so little as mice.” ____________________________
10. “You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you mess things up.” ______________
11. Which character does George immediately trust and confide in on the ranch. He shared the reasons they
had to leave their last job in Weed with this character. ________________________________________
12. Whose hand did Lennie crush? __________________________________________________________
13. What initiated the struggle between Lennie and Curley’s wife? __________________________________
14. How does Steinbeck describe Slim? ______________________________________________________
15. How would you describe Lennie? ________________________________________________________
16. When does George realize that working on this ranch may be trouble? ___________________________
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Of Mice and Men Study Guide
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17. What did George do after he shot Lennie? _________________________________________________
18. Both Candy and Crooks wanted to be a part of the dream, but which one offered to pool their money with
George and Lennie? Who wanted to just work for his keep on their farm? _________________________
19. Who shot Candy’s dog? Why? ___________________________________________________________
20. Did Lennie and George run from Weed because Lennie raped a girl? _____________________________