Review Of Mice and Men Jeopardy Characters Story

Review Of Mice and Men

Jeopardy Characters Story (1) Story(2) Story(3) Lit. Terms Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 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.