Chapter 1-4
Which of these animals is NOT killed in the course of the story?
a rabbit
“Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody—to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.”
Crooks
in a hostile, unsociable, or morose way
sullenly
Why is Lennie sad and then angry in the barn when Curley’s wife enters?
The puppy Slim gave him is dead
When Lennie asks George if George is mad (in Chapter 6), how does George respond?
He talks about what he could do if he didn’t have to care for Lennie.
Why is Crooks defeated at the end of chapter 4?
Curley’s wife threatens that she could have Crooks hanged
“Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. An’ nobody gets it. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.”
Crooks
pulled away in a frightened manner
cringed
What happens to Curley’s wife?
Lennie breaks her neck
What does Slim tell George at the end of the book?
He had to do it; he had no choice
The reader gains an early indication of Lennie’s problem when
We learn about the dead mouse in his pocket
"I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.”
George
an act or occasion of winning or being victorious
triumph
What does Curley’s wife tell Lennie to do?
Touch her hair
Before George shoots Lennie, what does George do?
Has Lennie visualize their dream
What decade is the setting for Of Mice and Men?
1930s
“Wha’s the matter with me? Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?”
Curley's Wife
threw something with great force
hurled
How does Candy react to the death of Curley’s wife?
He insults her and accuses her of robbing him of his dream
George felt that he had to carry out the execution
So he wouldn’t go to an instance asylum
Before the other men would get to Lennie
Half Points if you only get one answer correct
At first Crooks does not want Lennie in his room. Why?
He says Lennie has no right to be in there and is bitter about being alone
“An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us.”
Lennie
in an obedient manner; without protest
dutifully
After discovering Curley’s wife, what does George ask Candy to do?
Play along when George acts like he hadn’t seen Curley’s wife dead
What is the difference between George shooting Lennie or Curley shooting Lennie?
A. Curley wants to shoot Lennie in the guts and make him suffer
B. George wants to shoot Lennie in the back of the head so he doesn’t suffer
C. Curley wants to shoot Lennie out of meanness/hate
D. George wants to shoot Lennie out of kindness
E. all of these
E. all of these