Vocabulary
Characters
Quotes
Literary Terms
Potpourri
100

Pugnacious

Ready to fight

100

Like a father-son or parent-child

Lennie's and George's relationship

100

"That ranch we're to is right down, there about a quarter mile."

George telling Lennie where they will be working

100

"The silence came into the room."

What is personification?

100

When an author gives clues to what may happen

Foreshadow

200

Imperious

Domineering or demanding

200

This character felt George was cheating Lennie

The boss of the ranch

200

"An' you won't let the big guy talk, is that it?"

Curley to George asking why Lennie doesn't talk

200

"He dabbled his big paw in the water."

What is metaphor?

200

The authors message

What is theme?

300

Complacent

Self satisfied, content, unbothered

300

Who aren't cousins but was lied about

Lennie and George

300

"Seems to me like he's worse lately."

Candy (the swamper) talking about Curley

300

"His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer."

What is simile?

300

George's confession to slim about what is did to Lennie.

What is George told Lennie to jump in a lake and Lennie couldn't swim.

400

Bemused

Confused or bewildered

400

The reason Candy becomes part of the dream

He has savings to contribute

400

Narration "His ear heard more than was said to him.."

Who is Slim

400

Shorter than a novel but longer than a short story

What is a novella?

400

The theme symbolized by the card game solitaire. 

What is lonliness?

500

Derision

Ridicule, mockery, to make fun of

500

This character was a coward and agreed to say what Slim told him 

Who is Curley

500

Narration: "Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent." 

Candy when hearing the gunshot that killed his dog

500

Salinas, California

What is setting?

500

Their dream to buy a farm theme

What is the American Dream?

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