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100

a tart, flirts with all of the farm workers

Who is Curley's wife?

100

a ranch in California in the 1930s

What is setting?

100
Why did Lennie and George leave Weed?
What is Lennie was accused of raping a girl?
100

"She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red." What type of characterization is this?

What is direct characterization?

100
"Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to anybody. I get awful lonely."
Who is Curley's wife?
200
the black stable buck, has a crooked back
Who is Crooks?
200

shows the contrast between the appearance and personalities of George and Lennie

What is foil?

200
What do the workers tell Curley to tell the boss about his hand? Why?
What is "it got caught in a machine"? What is Lennie squeezed it and broke it because Curley tried to punch him?
200

"Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on." This is an example of ______________.

What is personification?

200
"I don't like this place... This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here."
Who is Lennie?
300
takes responsibility for Lennie, shoots Lennie at the end
Who is George?
300

"dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags its paws"

What is metaphor?

300
How did Curley's wife contribute to her own death?
What is she kept flirting with Lennie and she invited him to stroke her hair?
300

Name a conflict in the story.

What is George vs. himself, Lennie vs. society, Curley vs. Lennie, etc.?

300
"A guy needs somebody--to be near him... A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody..."
Who is Crooks?
400
old man who has one hand; offers to give men money to move to the farm with them
Who is Candy?
400

farm=freedom; Lennie's rabbits=comfort, innocence

What is symbolism?

400
How did George make Lennie feel bad when he got frustrated with him?
What is he would tell him what a burden he was to him and how he could go to the bars, etc. if he didn't have to take care of him?
400

What is the connection between Candy's dog and Lennie?

What is both were euthanized, although for different reasons? Candy wishes he had killed his dog himself, while George does the right thing and kills Lennie.

400
"I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin' his pay away from him?"
Who is the boss?
500
large, physically strong man who is mentally handicapped
Who is Lennie?
500

At the beginning, George tells Lennie to come back to their spot if anything goes wrong, and that is where George ended up having to kill Lennie.

What is foreshadowing?

500
Why did George feel like he needed to kill Lennie? Why didn't he let someone else do it?
What is he knew Curley would torture Lennie? He knew it was the right thing to do/most humane.
500

What did Lennie killing the puppy foreshadow?

What is Lennie killing Curley's wife?

500
"O.K.--O.K. I'll tell ya again. I ain't got nothing to do. Might jus' as well spen' all my time tellin' you things and then you forget 'em, and I tell you again."
Who is George?