This character is a skinner; reasonable; understands
Lenny & George.
$400 Answer from Characters
Who is Slim?
$500 Question from Characters
Hot-tempered son of the boss, whose hand was
crushed by Lennie.
$500 Answer from Characters
Curley
$100 Question from Quotes
Character is described in the following passage:
“I don’t like this place George. This ain’t no good place. I wanna get outta
here.”
$100 Answer from Quotes
Lennie
$200 Question from Quotes
Character says the following:
“I’m looking for Curly.”
$200 Answer from Quotes
Curley’s Wife
$300 Question from Quotes
This character says,
“Never you mind,” he said. “A guy got to sometime.”
$300 Answer from Quotes
Slim
$400 Question from Quotes
This character says,“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
$400 Answer from Quotes
Candy
$500 Question from Quotes
Who is this character:“For a moment he seemed bewildered. And then he whispered in fright, ‘I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing.’”
$500 Answer from Quotes
Lennie
$100 Question from Quotes
“You guys comin in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true.”
$100 Answer from Quotes
Crooks
$200 Question from Lit. Terms
Conflict that occurs between characters. For example, this occurs between Lenny and Curley.
$200 Answer from Lit. Terms
External Conflict
$300 Question from Lit. Terms
The attitude toward the writing. In OMM, it would be sympathetic yet realistic.
$300 Answer from Lit. Terms
Tone
$300 Answer from Lit. Terms
The author provides hints of future events
in the story. For example, the killing of
the mouse, and the puppy.
$300 Answer from Lit. Terms
Foreshadowing
$400 Question from Lit. Terms
The literary device that is demonstrated in the following passage:
“Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on.”
$400 Answer from Lit. Terms
Personification
$500 Question from Lit. Terms
What type of conflict is this: Candy is troubled over whether or not to have his dog killed. Later he says that he should have done it himself.
$500 Answer from Lit. Terms
Internal conflict
$100 Question from Characters & Events
What does Slim have that Lennie wants?
$100 Answer from Characters & Events
Puppies
$200 Question from Characters & Events
What does George say he could do if he were alone?
$200 Answer from Characters & Events
Drink whiskey all night, play cards at a pool hall all night,
go to a “cat house.”
$300 Question from Characters & Events
Why did Curley fight with Lennie?
$300 Answer from Characters & Events
Curley thought Lennie was
laughing at him
$400 Question from Characters & Events
How does Lennie drink from the pool the second
time he arrives?
$400 Answer from Characters & Events
This time, he remembers to use his tin cup
$500 Question from Characters & Events
Where is the setting of the story? (Hint: its Steinbeck’s home town)
$500 Answer from Events & Characters
Salinas, CA
$100 Question from History
What decade was the story set in?
$100 Answer from History
1930’s
$200 Question from History
Who was the President during this time period?
$200 Answer from History
President Franklin Roosevelt
$300 Question from History
What was the biggest economic problem in this time period?
$300 Answer from History
The Great Depression -1929
$400 Question from History
Why were people migrating from East to West in America during
the 1930’s?
$400 Answer from History
-“The Dust Bowl” – drought-In search of work-Economic downfall
$500 Question from History
What was the name of the President’s famous social
program? Name the “3 R’s.”
$500 Answer from History
The New Deal: Relief, Recovery, &
Reform
Final Jeopardy
What are the 2 types of discrimination that occurs in the book? One arose in the early 1900’s.
Final Jeopardy Answer1. Discrimination of Migrant workers (George & Lennie)
2. Racial discrimination (Crooks)
More Lit Terms for Bonus Points…300
A verbal or situational context involving outcomes that are either unexpected, unanticipated or the opposite of what they should be. Example: Lenny’s last name is “Small,” yet his physique is the opposite. The only small thing about him is his childlike mind…
Answer for 300 pts
Irony
Bonus Points: 100
What is the relationship between the protagonist and the