Characters/Misc.
The person that gave Lennie mice when he was younger
Aunt Clara
hurled
throw something with great force
At the end of the novel when Carlson goes to get his luger, what does he find out?
Its been stolen
What causes Lennie to panic when he's petting Curley's Wife's hair
She screams because Lennie has a tight grip on her hair
“If I was alone I could live so easy…. I could get a job an’ not have no mess”
George
Blames Curley's Wife for her own death
Candy
retorted
responded in a witty, angry, or insulting manner
Who first discovers Curley's Wife in the barn
Candy
What is Curley's Wife's 'dream'?
To be a movie star, not be lonely, have a sane husband
“Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”
Curley's Wife
The one who shoots an old dog
Carlson
monotonous
uninteresting or boring
What are the two things that Lennie hallucinates at the end of the novel
A giant rabbit and his aunt
Name 3 overarching topics and/or themes covered in the novella
Friendship, loneliness, discrimination, the American dream etc.
Never you mind... a guy got to sometimes.
Slim
dutifully
in an obedient manner; without protest
When Curley's wife asked Lennie what happened to Curley's hand, Lennie and Candy let her think that
The machine did it
“A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.”
Crooks
George confided in him about Lennie's experience in Weed.
Slim
woodenly
in an emotionless, unresponsive manner; like wood
What kind of business/establishment does Old Susy run?
A brothel/cathouse
“And it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. . . . An’ if a fren’ come along, why we’d have an extra bunk, an’ we’d say, ‘Why don’t you spen’ the night?′ An’ . . . he would.”
George