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Who Said This?
figure of speech OR plot element
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 3
Vocab
100
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

junctures

point of union; connection 

200
Said "What the hell kind of bed you giving us? We don't want no pants rabbits."
Who is George?
200

He looked across the fire at Lennie's face and then looked down into the flames, with tears streaming from his eyes. (be specific)

What is indirect characterization?

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

morosely

withdrawn in a gloomy way 

300
Said, "You know what I think....I think Curley married himself...a tart"
Who is Candy (Old Swamper)?
300

Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box. And these shelves were loaded with little articles: soap and talcum, razors and those Western magazines...

What is setting?

300
This character arrives on the scene with his heeled boots and gloved hand.
Who is Curley?
300
The animal that George tells Lennie to put back in the nest.
What is a puppy?
300

lumbered

moved heavily, or clumsily 

400
Said, "She slang her pups last night...nine of em'. I drowned four right off."
Who is Slim?
400

Carlson shoots Candy's dog. 

What is external conflict?

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

debris

fragments of broken pieces 

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

You gonna have trouble with that Curley guy. I seen that kind before. He was kinda feelin' you out. He figures he's got you scared and he's gonna take a sock at you the first chance he gets

What is foreshadowing?

500
The two emotions George revealed when he described what he could do if he didn't have Lennie hanging after him were...
What is anger and guilt?
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

recumbent

lying back, resting, or leaning