‘Of Mice And Men’
Revision Task
Match up these characters with
descriptions of what they are like…
Candy
Small, sharp eyes, alert.
Lennie
Missing a hand, likes to talk.
Slim
Educated, isolated, crippled.
Crooks
Big, strong, childlike.
George
Mean, uncaring, a bully.
Curley
Respected, mature, understanding.
Match the characters to the quote…
Curley’s wife
‘I tell you what…’
Lennie
‘They left all the weak ones here’
Slim
‘Why’d you have to go get killed?’
‘You ain’t got no right comin’ in my room’
George
‘He ain’t mean’
Candy
Crooks
‘I think you got your hand caught in a
machine’
Who said these quotes?
‘I coulda been in the movies’
‘Get ‘im Lennie!’
‘They say I stink’
‘I’ll shoot him in the guts’
‘Ain’t a thing in my pocket’
‘You hadda George’
Match up the places with the
descriptions…
The brush and lagoon
away from the ranch
The bunkhouse
Crooks’ room
The brush and lagoon at
the end
‘a tattered dictionary and a mauled
copy of the California civil code for
1905.’
‘Golden foothill slopes’
‘The beak swallowed the little
snake while its tail waved
frantically’
‘The walls were whitewashed and
the floor unpainted’
Match up the character with the
descriptive quote…
Lennie
‘a tall, stoop-shouldered old man’
George
‘lined with pain, the eyes patient’
Candy
‘the way a bear drags his paws’
Curley
‘restless eyes’
Curley’s wife
‘he wore a work glove on his left hand’
Crooks
‘full rouged lips’
Why are these characters lonely?
George
Lennie
Candy
Curley
Crooks
Curley’s wife
Slim
What are these characters’ dreams?
Crooks
Rabbits
Candy
Fame
Lennie
Equality
George
Home
Curley’s wife
Security
Find two quotes to support these
statements…
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Lennie admires George.
George looks out for Lennie.
Crooks enjoys having company.
Candy’s best friend is his dog.
Slim understands George and Lennie.
Curley’s wife is unhappy.
The setting at the end of the play warns us of
what will happen.