In the Text
Inferences & Bigger Ideas
Literary Terms & Ideas
100
Who found the body in the barn?
Who is Crooks?
100
What is Candy's biggest worry in regards to Lennie's actions?
What is the lost dream; that they won't be able to have their farm
100
What foreshadows the death of Curley's wife?
What is Lennie likes to feel soft things, and kills a lot of what he touches?
200
What did Lennie do with the puppy?
What is bury it under the hay?
200
THEME: 'Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world'
What is loneliness?
200
What is ironic about Curley's reaction to the death of his wife?
What is the fact that he is not so much sad as he is bent on revenge?
300
What is Carlson missing?
What is a luger (gun)?
300
Lennie probably goes back to the ____ after he breaks Curley's wife's neck?
What is the brush/pond?
300
What does HAY symbolize in the novel?
What is covering up mistakes?
400
How does Curley's wife die?
What is Lennie breaks her neck?
400
THEME: 'We're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and -- An live off the fatta the land'
What is the American Dream?
400
What is the role of women in the novel?
What is the cause of trouble?
500
Why is Lennie angry with the puppy?
What is he worries he won't be able to tend the rabbits on the farm
500
What are some of the obstacles in the way of Lennie and George's dream?
What is threat from Curley's wife/Curley's violence; social prejudices plaguing each man; Lennie's strength and his desire to touch soft things; Lennie himself
500
What is the mood at the end of the chapter?
What is sad, angry, scary, disillusionment, dark?