Grades 9–10 · Literature
This quiz helps revise “John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men” in Literature for grades 9–10. It has 25 questions in five categories: George and Lennie, Life on the Ranch, Curley and His Wife, Foreshadowing, Behind the Novel. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Lennie obsessively dreams of tending which soft animals when he and George finally buy their own land?
Despite his massive, powerful physical frame, what is Lennie's ironic last name?
Which deceased relative raised…
In the gameGeorge and Lennie were…
In the gameGeorge stopped playing cruel…
In the gameWhat outdoor pitching game do the ranch hands frequently play during downtime, accompanied by the clang of iron?
What physical injury did the elderly ranch worker Candy suffer from a machinery accident?
Admired as the prince…
In the gameBecause of racial segregation…
In the gameIn his segregated living…
In the game
Before marrying Curley, his lonely wife harbored dreams of pursuing which glamorous career on the silver screen?
Before working on his father's ranch, Curley competed in which sport as a lightweight fighter?
What unusual accessory does…
In the gameTo protect Lennie after…
In the gameCurley's wife married him…
In the gameIn the barn, Lennie accidentally kills which young pet given to him by Slim, foreshadowing greater tragedy?
Curley's wife triggers her own fatal struggle when she invites Lennie to stroke which soft part of her head?
Candy regrets not having…
In the gameIn Chapter 1, George…
In the gameAt the start of…
In the game
The novel is set during which devastating 1930s economic crisis that forced thousands of migrant workers onto the road?
The ranch in the story is situated near which California town, whose name fittingly means 'solitude' in Spanish?
Steinbeck took the title…
In the gameWhat slang term was…
In the gameBefore adopting the famous…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.