Characters
George Milton and Lennie Small.
Who are the two characters introduced in chapter 1?
A bindle.
A mouse
What is the first dead animal we see in the novel?
Their own farm with plenty of rabbits.
What do Lennie and George hope to have one day?
When the stock market crashed leaving many out of work, and unable to feed themselves.
What is the Great Depression?
The ranch boss's son.
Who is Curley?
Pugnacious.
What is the word for someone that is quick to argue or fight?
Known as a "tart" or "jailbait"
What is Curley's wife known as?
What kind of a stake does George have in Lennie?
People moved from the Midwest to the west and east in great numbers to find jobs.
What is the migration of 1930?
Candy
Who is the owner of the old smelly dog?
A course canvas woven from jute, hemp or similar fiber.
What does the word burlap mean?
Lennie was smiling about the dream and Curley was angry at being called "yella"
Why does Curley pick a fight with Lennie?
Lonliness
When you work as a ranch hand life is filled with?
Depending on the amount of acres this item could cost as much as 600 dollars.
How much did land cost in 1930?
Jerkline Skinner.
What position does Slim hold on the ranch?
A record player.
What is a phonograph?
A brown and white puppy.
What does Slim give Lennie?
"covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror."
What is Animal Imagery?
Huge dust storms ruined farms and covered many places in huge amounts of dust.
What is the dust bowl?
Steinbeck does not say, but leaves the diagnosis up to the reader so that there is more possibility for a connection.
What type of disability does Lennie have?
A scornful way that shows disdain.
What does the word contemptuously mean?
To have their own piece of land that they farm and take care of. To be in charge of their own lives and to have multiple rabbits of different colors.
What is George and Lennie's American dream?
It is just the nature of small men to pick on bigger men to prove a point.
What is Naturalism?
Controls the fate of man.
What is Naturalism?