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Who Said This?
Literary Terms and Miscellaneous
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 3
Themes
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Said, "Ain't a thing in my pocket."
Who is Lennie?
100
The rabbits sat as quietly as little smooth sculptured stones.
What is simile?
100
In this chapter he is first characterized as frustrated and hostile.
Who is George?
100
The game the characters are playing in the beginning of Chapter 3.
What is horseshoes?
100
One example from the text that demonstrates the desire of the American Dream.
What is whatever Ms. Daniels thinks is right?
200
Said "What the hell kind of bed you giving us? We don't want no pants rabbits."
Who is George?
200
Other than the fact that Candy loves his dog, why is he so reluctant to put it down/kill it?
Like his dog, Candy feels that he also has outlived his usefulness, and doesn't want to imagine that he too should just die because of merely being old, and less useful than he was when he was younger. In this way Candy closely identifies with the old dog.
200
The town that Lennie and George were "Run Outta."
What is Weed?
200
This character finds it 'funny' that George and Lennie travel together?
Who is Slim?
200
One example from the text that supports the theme of mercy killing or Euthanasia?
What is whatever Ms. Daniels agrees with?
300
Said, "You know what I think....I think Curley married himself...a tart"
Who is Candy (Old Swamper)?
300

The flowers begged for water

Personification

300

This character arrives on the scene with his gloved hand, wanting to fight the biggest guy

Who is Curley?

300
The animal that George tells Lennie to put back in the nest.
What is a puppy?
300
One example from the text that demonstrates the theme regarding loneliness and isolation?
What is anything and everything Ms. Daniels thinks is correct?
400
Said, "She slang her pups last night...nine of em'. I drowned four right off."
Who is Slim?
400

Sally sold Sea Shells by the Sea shore

What is alliteration?

400
While all characters think that Curley's wife is a "loo-loo" he finds her particularly attractive.
Who is Lennie?
400
The thing Slim persuades Curley to tell his father that his hand was crushed by.
What is a machine?
400

One example from the text that shows women were looks at as less then males

Curley's wife having no name

Treatment of Curley's wife by men and Curley

500
Said "She's got the eye going all the time. She may have even gave the stable buck the eye."
Who is Whit?
500

Boom! Splat!

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Where did George tell Lennie to meet if anything went bad

What is the Brush?

500
Steinbeck describes Curley's helplessness during the fight against Lennie using this simile.
What is a flopping like a fish on a line?
500
One example from the text that demonstrates how people will abuse the power they have over others.
What is ....?