Of Mice & Men: Plot and Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. This is the number of characters that get left behind at the ranch while the other men all go out to have fun.
  2. 5. When they meet the boss for the first time, George tells Lennie not to do this.
  3. 6. Like its owner, Carlson doesn’t like the dog because it is too _________.
  4. 8. This vocabulary word means the same as “stopped, avoided.”
  5. 11. When the book starts off, Lennie gets yelled at for having a dead ___________.
  6. 13. This vocabulary word means the same as “enact, imitate, simulate.”
  7. 14. I watched the two boxers ______________ in the middle of the ring.
  8. 15. This character is an old man with a stump for a hand.
  9. 17. Slim gives Lennie a ______________ to take care of, but he ends up killing it.
  10. 19. This vocabulary word means the same as “twisted or bent.”
  11. 20. After Lennie kills Curley’s wife, George and Candy realize they are _____ going to get their own land after all.
  12. 21. Everything in the car was ______________ when it slammed into the wall.
  13. 22. We saw the football player ______________ in pain after tearing his ACL.
  14. 24. Of Mice and Men takes place in this state.
  15. 25. Crooks lives alone on the ranch because he’s the only ____________ character.
  16. 29. This vocabulary word means the same as “aggressive.”
  17. 33. Taking Tylenol will help your fever ______________.
  18. 35. The moving van was ______________ with over 2,000 extra pounds of cargo.
  19. 36. This vocabulary word means the same as “rude, crude, or vulgar.”
  20. 38. This vocabulary word means the same as “nagging, troubling, or tormenting.”
  21. 42. George and Lennie’s dream is to someday live on their own…
  22. 44. This vocabulary word means the same as “depressed, blue, downhearted, or sad.”
  23. 45. The away team had to deal with the ______________ fans.
  24. 46. This character shoots Candy’s dog.
  25. 47. This vocabulary word means the same as “drench, soak, or saturate.”
Down
  1. 1. This vocabulary word means the same as “shake, shiver, or shudder.”
  2. 3. Their new boss believes George is ______________ Lennie’s pay from him.
  3. 4. This character ends up joining in on George and Lennie’s plans to get their own farm.
  4. 7. The surgeon ______________ the blister with his scalpel.
  5. 9. My grandma said, “You look like a ______________ in those old, dirty clothes.”
  6. 10. Of Mice and Men takes place during this time period. (two words)
  7. 11. This vocabulary word means the same as “spotted, speckled, or blotched.”
  8. 12. Curley’s wife’s death is first caused when Lennie starts to play with her ____________.
  9. 16. This vocabulary word means the same as “humming, buzzing, murmuring.”
  10. 18. The title of the book Of Mice & Men comes from a…
  11. 21. The author of Of Mice & Men. (two words)
  12. 23. Romeo drank the poison that killed him out of a ________________.
  13. 26. This character took care of Lennie before her death. (two words)
  14. 27. Crooks gets Lennie very upset when he jokes about George _______________ him.
  15. 28. This vocabulary word means the same as “flattering.”
  16. 30. This character is the first to find Curley’s wife dead.
  17. 31. Before her death, Curley’s wife tells Lennie she doesn’t really ___________ her husband.
  18. 32. This vocabulary word means the same as “soothed, calmed, or appeased.”
  19. 34. Curley attacks Lennie because he sees him ________________.
  20. 37. The little boy ______________when he didn’t get his way.
  21. 39. This is the name of the town George and Lennie had to leave because of Lennie grabbing onto a woman’s dress.
  22. 40. This vocabulary word means the same as “flat, lying, or horizontal.”
  23. 41. The men tell Curley that he needs to claims his hand got caught in a ________________.
  24. 43. This vocabulary word means the same as “skimpy, insufficient, puny.”