Chapter Review
In Chapter 1, where do George and Lennie stop before reaching the ranch?
What is a pool beneath the Salinas River?
This character is small, quick, and sharp-featured, and often speaks for Lennie.
Who is George Milton?
Why does Curley’s wife seek conversation with the ranch workers?
What is owning a small farm and living independently?
What is Lennie’s last name?
What is Small?
What animal is Lennie compared to when he walks beside George at the beginning?
What is a bear?
This event caused Lennie and George to leave Weed.
What is Lennie touching a woman’s dress, causing her to accuse him of assault?
What does Candy’s attachment to his old dog suggest about his fears?
What is Candy’s fear of becoming old, unwanted, and discarded?
What does Lennie’s repeated desire to tend rabbits represent?
What is Lennie’s hope for comfort, security, and a place in their dream?
What job does George say Lennie is good at?
What is handling ranch work, especially moving heavy objects?
What does the description of Lennie’s “huge paws” suggest about his size and strength?
What is the comparison emphasizes Lennie’s great size and strength?
The reason George tells Lennie to return to the brush if trouble arises.
What is so George can find him there if something goes wrong?
How does Slim’s treatment of George and Lennie contrast with Curley’s?
What is Slim listens calmly and treats them with respect, while Curley is suspicious and aggressive?
What does Candy’s old dog symbolize in relation to the ranch workers?
What is the vulnerability of workers who are old or seen as no longer useful?
What does Crooks keep in his room that shows he enjoys reading?
What are books and magazines?
What does the phrase “live off the fatta the lan’” mean in the context of George and Lennie’s dream?
What is living freely on their own land and providing for themselves?
What happens to Lennie’s puppy, and what does this reveal about his strength?
What is Lennie accidentally killing the puppy because he does not understand his own strength?
Why does Curley’s wife seek conversation with the ranch workers?
What is she is lonely and seeks attention and connection?
How does the riverbank setting frame the novel’s story?
What is it provides the story’s opening and closing settings, linking the two scenes?
What does Curley wear that distinguishes him from the other ranch workers?
What is a glove filled with Vaseline on one hand?
How does Steinbeck’s description of the ranch setting create a peaceful mood before the conflict?
What is the peaceful natural imagery creates a calm contrast with the later conflict?
How does the novel’s ending echo the scene by the river in Chapter 1?
What is the return to the riverbank, where George retells their dream before Lennie’s death?
How does George’s final choice reveal the conflict between loyalty and mercy?
What is George acts to spare Lennie from a more painful fate, though he must give up their shared dream?
How does the dream farm both comfort the characters and highlight their powerlessness?
What is the dream offers hope, but the characters lack the power and circumstances needed to achieve it?
What happens during the confrontation between Lennie and Curley?
What is Lennie crushes Curley’s hand after Curley attacks him?
How does the novel’s repeated description of animals help foreshadow Lennie’s actions and the ending?
What is the animal imagery connects Lennie’s strength and gentleness with his lack of control, while foreshadowing harm?