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Plot
Character
Conflict
Imagery and Setting
Themes
100
The reason Lennie and George had to leave Weed, California.
Lennie was accused of rape.
100
Character who says "Baloney! What do you think you're selling me?" when Lennie says Curley's hand is messed up because he got it caught in a machine.
Curley's wife
100
A conflict is _________________.
A struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
100
The time period in which the novel takes place
The Great Depression of the 1930s
100
A theme is __________________.
the central idea or the general statement about life or human nature a work of literature.
200
The first person George and Lennie meet on the ranch
Candy
200
Character who tells Lennie that if George doesn't come back for him, Lennie will go to the "booby hatch."
Crooks
200
Name two of the three common types of conflict.
Character vs. Character Character vs. Self Character vs. Nature
200
Two sight words that describe the feeling inside the bunkhouse.
Crowded and dark. (There are many correct answers here)
200
One theme of the novel is friendship. Name one thing that George could have done to still be a good friend to Lennie and to avoid shooting him.
Ran away again; shot Curley (There are a few answers to this question).
300
The reason George shoots Lennie.
George is the ultimate friend, and is afraid Curley will kill Lennie put him in an insane asylum.
300
Character who's dog had puppies, who shoots Candy's dog and who owns a Luger pistol.
Carlson
300
The character who wants to stay on the ranch because they need the money to realize their dream, even though he knows there will be a conflict with Curley.
George
300
The town the ranch is in
Soledad
300
Use one word or phrase to describe how women and shown to be in the novel.
Flirts; people who get in the way of mens' dreams; troublemakers.
400
He is trustworthy and kind; George confides in him about the reason they had to leave Weed, California.
Slim
400
The character who says to "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda" after he finds out that George shot Lennie.
Slim
400
After George shoots Lennie, he talks to ____________ and ____________ about what he's done.
Slim and Carlson
400
Where Lennie kills Curley's wife.
In the barn with the puppies.
400
George and Lennie's American dream, in their words
"an' live on the fatta the lan'! "
500
What Crook's tells Lennie that makes Lennie freak out.
That George might have taken all of their money into town and won't come back for Lennie
500
Character who is suspicious of George's intentions with Lennie
The Boss
500
The TWO types of conflict that describe the killing of Curley's wife
Character vs. Self and/or Character vs. Character (Self because Lennie can't help touching soft things and then panicking; Character because Curley's wife asked Lennie to touch her hair)
500
Where Lennie runs to after he kills Curley's wife
The river under the sycamores.
500
What the novel tells the reader about friendship (think about George's conflicts at the beginning and the end of the novel).
Sometimes you have to sacrifice and do things you don't want to do to truly care for the people who are the most important to you.