Of Mice and Men, Ch 1

Read Ch. 1 of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men.

Study Questions

Chapter 1

1. Describe the setting of Chapter One.

2. Identify and give a physical description of Lennie and George.

3. What is George's first complaint to Lennie?

4. What trouble did George and Lennie have in Weed?

5. What is in Lennie's pocket? Why does he have it?

6. George bursts into a long speech about what he could do if he were alone.  What could he do?

7. Lennie offers to go away and live in a cave. What is George's response?

8. Why are George and Lennie different from the other "guys like us that work on ranches"?

9. What are George and Lennie going to do someday?

10. What two things does George want Lennie to remember?

11. Why did George want to camp overnight instead of going another quarter of a mile to the ranch?

On construction paper, draw a picture of the setting of Ch. 1 on one side and a picture of the setting of Ch. 2 on the other side. Use the details Steinbeck gives in the first paragraphs of each chapter to create your settings.