Review
Of Mice and Men
Jeopardy
Characters
Story (1)
Story(2)
Story(3)
Lit. Terms
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Characters
The person who is very
large, drags his feet when
he walks, and likes to
touch soft things.
$100 Answer from Characters
Lennie
$200 Question from Characters
The person who always
looks out for Lennie.
$200 Answer from Characters
George
$300 Question from Characters
The person who is short,
stocky, and arrogant
(believes he is superior to
everyone else).
$300 Answer from Characters
Curley
$400 Question from Characters
The oldest person on the
ranch. He is missing a
hand.
$400 Answer from Characters
Candy
$500 Question from Characters
The person who is tall, thin,
and whom everyone admires
on the ranch. Everyone
looks for his approval.
$500 Answer from Characters
Slim
$100 Question from story (1)
What is the name of the town
from which George and
Lennie are fleeing when the
story begins ?
$100 Answer from story (1)
Weed
$200 Question from story (1)
Disappointed with her life, Curley’s
wife wonders where she would be
if she had followed her dreams of
becoming what ?
$200 Answer from story (1)
A movie star
$300 Question from story (1)
Why does Curley
dislike Lennie ?
$300 Answer from story (1)
He dislikes Lennie
because he is jealous of
those who are bigger than
him.
$400 Question from story (1)
What does Curley wear to set
himself apart from the other
men ?
$400 Answer from story (1)
High-heeled boots
$500 Question from story (1)
What is George and Lennie’s
“American Dream” ?
$500 Answer from story(1)
Live off the fatta the lan` : Get a little
place with cows, chickens, pigs and
alfalfa for the rabbits that Lennie will
tend (have a steady place to call their
own and work for themselves).
$100 Question from story (2)
Who cared for Lennie
before George ?
$100 Answer from story (2)
His aunt Clara
$200 Question from story (2)
Explain what happens
to Candy’s dog.
$200 Answer from story (2)
Carlson shoots him because
he is too old and sickly to be
of use anymore.
$300 Question from story (2)
Why does Crooks not
live with the other men ?
$300 answer from story (2)
He is a black man and
because of segregation laws,
he has to live separately from
the white men.
$400 Question from story (2)
Where does George
tell Lennie to go if he
gets in trouble ?
$400 answer from story (2)
He tells Lennie to go
down to the brush by the
river.
$500 Question from story (2)
What does George say to
Lennie before shooting him ?
$500 Answer from story (2)
He tells Lennie the
story of their farm.
$100 Question from story (3)
Whom do Lennie and
George agree to let live
on their farm ?
$100 Answer from story (3)
Candy
$200 Question from story (3)
What excites Lennie most
about his dream life with
George ?
$200 Answer from story (3)
He will get to tend
the rabbits.
$300 Question from story (3)
What does George tell the
boss about Lennie’s
intellectual disability ?
$300 Answer from story (3)
He says that he was kicked in
the head by a horse, which
explains why Lennie is “not too
bright”.
$400 Question from story (3)
What does Lennie do
when he is scared ?
$400 Answer from story (3)
He freezes and won’t
let go of what he is
holding, usually
holding on tighter.
$500 Question from story (3)
Why is Lennie in the
barn when Curley’s wife
comes in ?
$500 Answer from story (3)
Lennie had been petting his pup
and accidently killed it. He was
trying to think up a way that
George would not blame him for
the pup’s death.
$100 Question from Lit. Terms
What is the literary genre
of the story ?
$100 Answer from Lit. Terms
The story is fiction
because the story is
made-up by the
author(not real).
$200 Question from Lit. Terms
What is the point of view of
the story ?
$200 Answer from Lit. Terms
Third person point of view
because the narrator
is not in the story.
$300 Question from Lit. Terms
What is the complicating
incident of the story?
$300 Answer from Lit. Terms
Lennie and George must leave
Weed to find a job on a new ranch
because Lennie had gotten them
into some trouble.
$400 Question from Lit. Terms
What is the climax?
$400 Answer from Lit. Terms
The ranch hands look
to kill Lennie, but
George gets to him
first and kills him
$500 Question from Lit. Terms
What is the setting
of the story (time
and place)?
$500 Answer from Lit. Terms
Time : 1930’s (The Great
Depression)
Place : Soledad,
California(along the Salinas
River)
Final Jeopardy
The title of the novel comes from this poem :
The best laid plans of Mice and Men
Often go wrong
And leave not but pain
For promised Joy
Explain how this quote applies to the novel(be
specific).
Final Jeopardy Answer
Lennie and George’s plans to buy
their own piece of land are ruined
when Lennie accidently kills
Curley’s wife. George kills Lennie
rather than let Curley do it and will
suffer because he is now alone.