‘of mice and men’ revision task. match up these characters with descriptions of what they are...

‘Of Mice And Men’

Revision Task

Match up these characters with descriptions of what they are like…

Candy

Lennie

Slim

Crooks

George

Curley

Small, sharp eyes, alert.

Missing a hand, likes to talk.

Educated, isolated, crippled.

Big, strong, childlike.

Mean, uncaring, a bully.

Respected, mature, understanding.

Match the characters to the quote…

Curley’s wife

Lennie

Slim

George

Candy

Crooks

‘I tell you what…’

‘They left all the weak ones here’

‘Why’d you have to go get killed?’

‘You ain’t got no right comin’ in my room’

‘He ain’t mean’

‘I think you got your hand caught in a machine’

Who said these quotes?

‘I coulda been in the movies’

‘Get ‘im Lennie!’

‘They say I stink’

‘I’ll shoot him in the guts’

‘Ain’t a thing in my pocket’

‘You hadda George’

Match up the places with the descriptions…

The brush and lagoon away from the ranch

The bunkhouse

Crooks’ room

The brush and lagoon at the end

‘a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.’

‘Golden foothill slopes’

‘The beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically’

‘The walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted’

Match up the character with the descriptive quote…

Lennie

George

Candy

Curley

Curley’s wife

Crooks

‘a tall, stoop-shouldered old man’

‘lined with pain, the eyes patient’

‘the way a bear drags his paws’

‘restless eyes’

‘he wore a work glove on his left hand’

‘full rouged lips’

Why are these characters lonely?George

Lennie

Candy

Curley

Crooks

Curley’s wife

Slim

What are these characters’ dreams?

Crooks

Candy

Lennie

George

Curley’s wife

Rabbits

Fame

Equality

Home

Security

Find two quotes to support these statements…

1. Lennie admires George. 2. George looks out for Lennie. 3. Crooks enjoys having company.4. Candy’s best friend is his dog.5. Slim understands George and Lennie. 6. Curley’s wife is unhappy. 7. The setting at the end of the play warns us of

what will happen.