Characters
Large, lumbering and strong with pale eyes but "not too bright"
Lennie
Name for workers who floated from place to place looking for jobs
Migrant Worker
What is George and Lennie's dream?
To have a house and a farm with rabbits for Lennie
"What mouse? I ain't got no mouse?"
Lennie
Mice
Small, sharp, and strong with dark eyes
George
Weather phenomenon that drove thousands of people out of the plains to California
The Dust Bowl
What happened in Weed?
Lennie touched a girl's dress and scared her; they had to flee
"I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail."
George
Lennie wants to tend to them one day
Rabbits
Small and handsy, the boss' son
Curley
What decade does the novel take place?
1930s
Who does George tell Lennie to stay away from?
Curley / Curley's wife
Curley's wife
Lennie got a brown and white one
Pup
Flirty and pretty, a tart
Curley's wife
What state does the novel take place?
California
What does Candy offer to George and Lennie?
To help with the money to buy their farm and house
"She slang her pups last night. Nine of 'em. I drowned four of 'em right off. She couldn't feed that many."
Slim
Was shot in the head by Carlson
Candy's old dog
Has one hand
Candy
Who is the author?
John Steinbeck
Grew up in the same town / he knew Lennie's Aunt Clara / used to bully him and felt bad / Lennie started following him to work one day
"S'pose I went in wit you guys. Tha's three hundred an' fifty bucks I'd put in. And I ain't much good, but I can still cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some."
Candy
George through he heard one under the floorboards
A rat