Pugnacious
Curley’s glance towards Lennie was at once calculating and pugnacious.
What is ready to fight?
100
“That ranch we’re goin’ to is right down there about a quarter mile.”
Who is George explaining to Lennie where they will be working
100
Like a father-son or a parent-child.
What is George and Lennie's relationship?
100
"The silence came into the room"
What is Personification (Tension created by waiting for the shooting of Candy's dog)
100
When George warns Lennie that Curley's wife is a trouble maker is an example of...
What is foreshadowing?
200
Imperious
“Give it here Lennie.” George's hand remained outstretched imperiously.
What is domineering or demanding?
200
“An’ you won’t let the big guy talk, is that it?”
Who is Curley to George asking why Lennie doesn’t speak
200
This character felt George was cheating Lennie.
Who is the boss of the ranch.
200
"(He) dabbled his big paw in the water."
What is Metaphor (Lennie playing in the water)?
200
American Dreams, Friendship, Bitterness
Hint: a single word is a subject/topic not a theme
What is a motif?
300
Complacent
Lennie, who had been following the the conversation back and forth with his eyes, smiled complacently at the compliment.
What is self satisfied or unbothered?
300
“Seems to me like he’s worse lately.”
HINT: Think about who seems to be the worst throughout the book?
Who is Candy (the swamper) talking about Curley
300
This character has to quickly apologize to Lennie for making him upset.
Who is Crooks after he makes Lennie think George has been hurt?
300
"His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer."
What is Simile (Describing Slim's hands)
300
George's confession to Slim about how he used to treat Lennie
What is George confessed to telling Lennie to jump in a river knowing he couldn't swim?
400
Bemused
They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about.
What is put into deep thought or preoccupied?
400
Narration: “His ear heard more than was said to him…”
Which character is the narrator speaking of?
Who is Slim?
400
The reason Candy is allowed to become part of Lennie’s and George’s dream
What is Candy has cash savings?
400
"(He) drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse."
What is Simile (Describing Lennie drinking water the first evening)
400
The theme symbolized by the card game solitaire
What is loneliness?
500
Derision
Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision.
What is ridicule, mockery, or to make fun of?
500
Narration: “Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent.”
Which character is the narrator speaking of?
Who is Candy upon hearing the gunshot that killed his dog
500
Why this character so readily agrees to being told what Slim tells him to say
What is Slim will expose Curley’s cowardice?
500
"The cone of shade threw its brightness straight downward."
What is metaphor/personification (Describing turning on the electric light in the bunkhouse)
500
Examples of local language that differs in pronunciation, intonation, grammar, or vocabulary
Such as:
"Awright...because they ain't nobody else."
"I had enough...not to ever let you come in the barn no more."