Filed under: Film
What are your thoughts on the film version of Of Mice and Men?
“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” – The saying is adapted from a line in “To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns.
How does this relate to our book?
Filed under: Theme
Identify one theme in Of Mice and Men and describe how it appears in the novella.
How does Slim react to Curley’s wife’s death? To Lennie’s death? What does this show us about his character?
Can you complete this summary quiz? Check out other chapters on that site for more practice.
What story does George tell Lennie in Chapter 6? What does he do while telling that story? We’ve heard this story before. How is this telling different from the first time we heard it?
With whom does Lennie converse when he is waiting for George in the brush? What do these characters represent? Why do they sound like Lennie’s voice?
Lennie listens to George. What does he do in chapter 6 that demonstrates how well he remembers what George tells him?
When George asks Slim about just trying to catch Lennie instead of killing him, what advice does Slim give George?
What two pieces of information does Curley’s wife share with Lennie? What theme(s) do these things tie into?
What is the last thing Crooks says to Candy? Why do you think he leaves the conversation this way?
