Of Mice and Men

1. Who says, “I ought to of shot that dog myself…”?
5. According to Slim, it’s rare for two men to travel __________.
8. Curley’s wife tells Lennie that she “coulda been in the __________.”
9. Lennie acts just like a little __________.
12. “I seen too many guys with __________ in their head.”
13. Lennie hides the dead puppy under __________.
14. Whit shares a __________ published in a pulp magazine with the guys in the bunk house.
16. George tells Lennie to imagine their farm and then he __________ him.
18. Aunt __________ gave Lennie mice.
19. He is “strong as a bull.”
21. George tells Lennie to “hide in the __________ by the river” if he gets into trouble.
22. The boss’s son, “a mean little guy”
25. Crooks has an injured __________.
27. The setting of the story takes place in the state of ________________.
28. Lennie has a dead __________ in his pocket.

2. The pair had to flee Weed after Lennie grabbed a girl’s __________.
3. Unlike the other guys on the ranch, George is interested only in __________ at Susy’s place.
4. Slim is the “____________ skinner” who commands respect.
6. Curley’s wife is as __________ as the men are.
7. In a fight, Lennie crushes Curley’s __________.
10. Slim __________ five of the nine puppies.
11. Who shoots the old dog?
15. At the beginning of the novella, George and Lennie are going to work on a __________ near the Salinas River.
17. John _______________ is the author of the novella Of Mice and Men.
19. George and Lennie dream to someday “live off the fatta the ____________.”
20. When Lennie panics, he accidentally breaks Curley’s wife’s __________.
23. Lennie hopes to “tend the __________.”
24. Candy wants to share George and Lennie’s ____________.
26. ___________, the stable buck, bunks alone because he is black.