Of Mice and Men Questions

|2000 |
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|Of Mice and Men shows us that people can be cruel, or kind, or sometimes a mixture of both. |
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|Compare three characters. |
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|The ways in which the different characters are cruel, kind, or a mixture of both |
|Why they behave as they do |
|How you respond to them |
|How Steinbeck writes about them to make you respond in this way. |
|2001 |
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|Write about some of the hardships that characters suffer in Of Mice and Men. |
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|Write about: |
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|Different kinds of hardships suffered by different characters |
|How the writer shows the effects of different kinds of hardship. |
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|Many of the characters in Of Mice and Men have fears. |
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|Write about: |
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|Different kinds of fears they have |
|The causes and effects of their fears |
|How the writer shows their fears. |
|2002 |
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|Write about the strengths and weaknesses of some of the characters in Of Mice and Men. Choose three of these characters: Lennie, Slim, |
|Curley’s wife, Crooks. |
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|The strengths of your chosen characters |
|The weaknesses of your chosen characters |
|How the writer shows their strengths and weaknesses |
|Who you think is the strongest of these characters, and why. |
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|Write about animals that you think are important in Of Mice and Men. |
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|Ways they are important to characters in the novel |
|How they help to show what different characters are like |
|Ways in which the writer uses animals to interest you as a reader. |
|2003 |
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|Lennie, Candy and Crooks are all victims. How does the writer show this? |
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|Write about: |
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|The different ways in which each of these three characters is a victim |
|How the writer shows that each of them is a victim. |
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|The first section, or chapter, of the novel takes place in the clearing in the brush, the night before George and Lennie arrive at the |
|ranch. |
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|How does this opening prepare the reader for what happens in the rest of the novel? |
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|How the actions and conversation of George and Lennie help to prepare the reader for what will happen later in the novel |
|How other things in the chapter help to prepare the reader for what will happen later in the novel |
|How the writer introduces important themes and ideas in this chapter. |
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|2004 |
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|Which character in Of Mice and Men do you most sympathise with, and why? |
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|Why you sympathise with this character |
|How the writer makes you sympathise with this character by the way that he writes. |
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|When Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, George says, “I should of knew … I guess maybe way back in my head I did.” |
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|How does Steinbeck show that Lennie was always going to get into serious trouble? |
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|Write about: |
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|What Lennie is like |
|The things Lennie does |
|How Lennie behaves with other characters |
|How Steinbeck shows that Lennie’s death is unavoidable. |
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|2005 |
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|How are each of the following important in the novel: |
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|Rabbits |
|Dogs and puppies |
|Mice? |
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|Write about: |
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|What you think their importance is |
|How Steinbeck shows their importance. |
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|How does Steinbeck present the relationship between George and Lennie in the novel? |
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|Write about: |
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|How George feels about Lennie |
|How Lennie feels about George |
|Why you think George stays with Lennie |
|The methods Steinbeck uses to present their relationship. |
|2006 |
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|Write about two places in the novel. |
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|Choose two of these places: |
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|The brush; the bunkhouse; Crook’s room; the barn. |
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|Write about: |
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|How Steinbeck presents these places by the ways he writes about them |
|What happens in these places |
|Why you think these places are important. |
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|Write about George and Lennie’s dream. |
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|Write about: |
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|Why they dream of the things they do |
|Why their dream cannot come true |
|How Steinbeck uses their dream in the novel. |

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