Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
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Characters
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What does the word "Crestfallen" mean?

disappointed

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What does the word "Woe" mean?

grief or distress resulting from misfortune

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What does the word "Lanced" mean?

pierced with a sharp item

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What does the word "Averted" mean?

turned away

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What was Curley's wife known for?

She's got the eye

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What does the word "Fawning" mean?

attempting to please with flattery

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What does the word "Jeering" mean?

laughing with derision
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What does the word "Scudded" mean?

moved swiftly

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What does the word "Disarming" mean?

charming or friendly
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Why did Curley want to fight Lennie early in the story? (Chapter 3)

He was smiling at a memory

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What does the word "Indignation" mean?

anger about an unfairness

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What does the word "Contorted" mean

greatly bent out of shape

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What does the word "Haunches" mean?

hip

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What does the word "Sullenly" mean?

in a hostile or morose way

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What animal is Lennie obsessed with?

Rabbits

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What does the word "Liniment" mean?

an ointment

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What does the word "Writhed" mean?

twisted or squirmed

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What does the word "Retorted" mean?

responded in a witty or angry manner

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What does the word "Monotonous" mean?

uninteresting or boring

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In the beginning what did Lennie keep in his pocket?

Mouse

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What does the word "Aloof" mean?

uninvolved with people

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What does the word "Sniveled" mean?

behaved in a whining or self-pitying way

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What does the word "Woodenly" mean?

in an emotionless manner
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What does the word "Jarred" mean?

shook something abruptly

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Who was the final character to get killed?

Lennie