Curley’s Wife
Why does Curley's wife confide in Lennie?
She is isolated and wants a connection.
When she screams, Lennie panics for this reason.
He fears trouble and loses control.
How does George treat Lennie when he finds him hiding in the brush?
He treats him gently and with compassion.
Panic means this.
It means fear.
Why is Candy crestfallen when he finds Curley's Wife's dead body?
He feels sadness and discontent because he knows the dream of having the farm is over.
Her tone toward Lennie before the accident can best be described as this.
She is earnest and sincere.
What emotion does Lennie feel after the accident?
He feels panic and confusion.
This is the tone of George’s voice as he tells the farm story.
It is steady and gentle.
Drawn means this when Lennie won’t be drawn into a conversation.
It means pulled into or persuaded to participate.
The giant rabbit represents this deep feeling in Lennie.
It represents his guilt.
How does her loneliness relate to the story's central theme?
Like everyone in the story, she needs human companionship.
Lennie flees to this location after the accident.
He goes to the riverbank where George told him to hide in the brush.
How has the story come full circle in chapter 6?
The return to this setting symbolizes the story doing this because it ends where it started.
Frantically describes movement that is this way.
It describes movement that is wild.
George’s choice at the riverbank is motivated by this emotion.
Mercy, compassion, and love for his friend motivate all he does at the riverbank.
She shares her dream of becoming one of these.
She wants to be an actress.
Lennie imagines these two figures who scold him.
He imagines his Aunt Clara and the giant rabbit.
What does George talk to Lennie about to distract him?
He talks about tending the rabbits and the farm dream.
Monotonous describes something that lacks this.
It is something that lacks excitement or variation. It describes something that is dull.
The reason that Slim tells George, “You hadda, George.”
He is trying to comfort, console, and reassure George that he did the right thing.
Her death most directly destroys this for Candy.
Her death destroys the dream of the farm.
Lennie is jarred when this happens.
George shoots him.
George kills Lennie before the others arrive to spare him from this man.
He spares him from Curley's violence.
Jarred describes this type of movement
It describes something that is jolted, shaken, or rattled.
How does the final scene reinforce the theme that everyone needs companionship?
George's ultimate act of compassion toward his friend is to end his life, and this also increases his need for companionship.