Of Mice and Men Questions and
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1. What is the setting of the story? ✔✔Salinas, California.
2. What is the river that runs through the story's setting? ✔✔Salinas.
3. What mountains are visible in the area in Chapter 1? ✔✔Gabilan.
4. Which man in Chapter 1 is small, dark, and quick? ✔✔George.
5. Which man in Chapter 1 is huge and pale? ✔✔Lennie.
6. What does George warn Lennie will make him sick? ✔✔The water.
7. Why did George and Lennie have to walk so far? ✔✔The bus driver dropped them off at the
wrong place.
,8. Who is mentally disabled? ✔✔Lennie.
9. What does Lennie always talk about? ✔✔Rabbits.
10. What does Lennie carry in his pocket? ✔✔A dead mouse.
11. What is George carrying for Lennie in Chapter 1? ✔✔His work card.
12. Where are George and Lennie going to work in Chapter 1? ✔✔On a ranch.
13. What does George tell Lennie not to do with the boss? ✔✔Speak.
14. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1? ✔✔Weed.
15. Why does Lennie want to get to the ranch that evening in the first chapter? ✔✔To eat.
, 16. Why does George want to wait until the morning to get to the ranch in Chapter 1? ✔✔So he
can rest.
17. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1? ✔✔The sky.
18. What is Lennie holding as he walks in Chapter 1? ✔✔A mouse.
19. Why does George take away what Lennie is holding in Chapter 1? ✔✔Because it's not clean.
20. Why did Aunt Clara stop giving Lennie mice? ✔✔Because he kept killing them.
21. Why did Lennie and George get run out of the last town they worked in prior to Chapter 1?
✔✔Because Lennie scared a girl.
22. How did Lennie scare a girl in the last town he worked in prior to the beginning of the book?
✔✔By holding on to her dress.
Answers 100% Verified
1. What is the setting of the story? ✔✔Salinas, California.
2. What is the river that runs through the story's setting? ✔✔Salinas.
3. What mountains are visible in the area in Chapter 1? ✔✔Gabilan.
4. Which man in Chapter 1 is small, dark, and quick? ✔✔George.
5. Which man in Chapter 1 is huge and pale? ✔✔Lennie.
6. What does George warn Lennie will make him sick? ✔✔The water.
7. Why did George and Lennie have to walk so far? ✔✔The bus driver dropped them off at the
wrong place.
,8. Who is mentally disabled? ✔✔Lennie.
9. What does Lennie always talk about? ✔✔Rabbits.
10. What does Lennie carry in his pocket? ✔✔A dead mouse.
11. What is George carrying for Lennie in Chapter 1? ✔✔His work card.
12. Where are George and Lennie going to work in Chapter 1? ✔✔On a ranch.
13. What does George tell Lennie not to do with the boss? ✔✔Speak.
14. Where were George and Lennie working before Chapter 1? ✔✔Weed.
15. Why does Lennie want to get to the ranch that evening in the first chapter? ✔✔To eat.
, 16. Why does George want to wait until the morning to get to the ranch in Chapter 1? ✔✔So he
can rest.
17. At what does George want to sit and look at in Chapter 1? ✔✔The sky.
18. What is Lennie holding as he walks in Chapter 1? ✔✔A mouse.
19. Why does George take away what Lennie is holding in Chapter 1? ✔✔Because it's not clean.
20. Why did Aunt Clara stop giving Lennie mice? ✔✔Because he kept killing them.
21. Why did Lennie and George get run out of the last town they worked in prior to Chapter 1?
✔✔Because Lennie scared a girl.
22. How did Lennie scare a girl in the last town he worked in prior to the beginning of the book?
✔✔By holding on to her dress.
