Characters Part 1
Small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features
George Milton
What is the setting of the story?
Soledad, California (a ranch)
How does Curley's wife care about Curley?
She doesn't like him and feels very lonely.
What happened to the puppy Lennie is talking to in the barn?
Lennie accidentally killed it while playing with it.
She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up
Curley's Wife
A huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide sloping shoulders
Lennie Small
What is Lennie carrying around in his pocket at the beginning of the novel?
a mouse
What happens to Candy’s old dog?
Carlson and Slim convince him to let Carlson shoot it.
What was Curley’s wife’s dream life?
To move to Hollywood and become a movie star
Used to give Lennie mice
Aunt Clara
A tall, stoop-shouldered old man, missing a hand
Candy
Why did Lennie and George have to leave the last farm in Weeds?
Lennie wouldn’t let go of a girl’s pretty dress and she accused him of rape.
Why did George stop playing tricks on Lennie years ago?
Because he nearly made Lennie drown once and felt ashamed
What happens when Curley’s wife tells Lennie to touch her hair more gently and pulls away a little?
Lennie gets scared, suffocates her, and breaks her neck.
A thin young man with a brown face, with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair
Curley
He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch
Slim
When George tries not to let Lennie talk to the boss, why is the boss suspicious?
He worries that George might be taking advantage of Lennie.
What happens to Curley’s hand after he beats up Lennie?
Lennie grabs his hand and crushes it.
Where does George find Lennie at the end of the novel?
At the riverbed where they stayed the night before going to the ranch
The stable man of the farm who must live in the harness room because he is African American
Crooks
A powerful, big stomached man...thick bodied
Carlson
If Lennie got in trouble, where was he supposed to meet George?
back at the river in the small clearing
What possibility does Crooks upset Lennie with?
He suggests that maybe George won’t return from town.
What does George do while he describes the farm to Lennie?
He shoots him in the back of the head.
A little stocky man...he wore high-heeled boots and had the short, quick steps of a fat-legged man
The Boss