Chapter 1 Vocabulary
This word means spotted, or marked with different colors.
What is...
Mottled?
This word means to make fun of, or tease.
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Scoff?
The Boss' son who used to be a boxer; the most aggressive man on the ranch
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Curley?
The exposition of the story is included in this chapter.
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Chapter 1?
The state that the novel is set in.
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California?
What Lennie is excited about at the end of Chapter 2.
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Getting a puppy?
Identify the figurative language in the quote below.
"Lennie smiles to himself, 'Strong as a bull,' he repeated" (Steinbeck).
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Simile? (Strong as a bull)
This word is used to describe points of union, or connections.
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Juncture(s)?
When a baby has been soothed, appeased, or calmed, it has been _______________.
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Mollified?
The large-framed migrant worker with developmental delays who cannot take care of himself.
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Lennie?
The inciting incident of the story.
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George & Lennie arriving late to the ranch?
The setting for Chapter 2.
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The new ranch?
The character whose dog had puppies, four of which he drowned already.
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Slim?
What the items in George's bindle tell us about him.
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He cares about his health, he travels a lot, he works hard doing manual labor, and/or he cares about his appearance?
An imitation of someone else's mannerisms is known as a ___________________.
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Pantomime?
If something is done in a threatening way, indicating that something bad is going to happen, it is done __________________.
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Ominously?
The old, disabled swamper.
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Candy?
The reason George got mad at Lennie in Chapter 2.
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He forgot to stay silent/He spoke to the Boss?
The body of water introduced and described in the setting of Chapter 1.
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Salinas River?
The person who suggests that Candy shoot his old dog.
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Carlson?
Identify a symbol of weakness from one of these chapters.
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Lennie, Candy, Candy's Dog, Crooks, Curley's Wife, etc.?
This word is used to describe the position of lying back, resting, or leaning.
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Recumbent?
This word is used to describe comments that are critical or disparaging.
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Derogatory?
His dog had puppies and he drowned four of them already.
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Slim?
What Lennie thinks of Curley's wife.
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"She's purty"?
Where the migrant workers on the ranch sleep.
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The bunkhouse?
The person who used to give Lennie mice.
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Lennie's Aunt Clara?
Identify a symbol of strength from these chapters.
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The Boss' violence, Curley's aggression, Slim, etc.?
If something was done in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner, it was done ___________________.
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Imperiously?
If something is done in a sorrowful or melancholy way, it is done _________________.
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Plaintively?
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The Boss?
The promise George makes Lennie make at the end of Chapter 1.
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That if he gets in any trouble he will go hide in the brush and wait for George?
The reason George was upset about his bunk at first.
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He thought it was bug-infested and dirty?
George lies to the Boss and tells him that Lennie behaves the way he does because of this.
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He got hit in the head by a horse?
Identify one piece of foreshadowing from either chapter and infer what event(s) it might be foreshadowing.
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What happened in weed = What will happen on the ranch?
The Boss' suspicion of George & Lennie = Getting fired?
Curley's Aggression Towards Lennie = Curley vs. Lennie Conflict?
Various Answers Accepted.