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Of Mice and Men Chapters 1-4

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  • Q1
    Describe the setting of chapter one.
    beautiful, natural, calm and peaceful place
    30s
  • Q2
    List words that describe Lennie. What animal is he compared to?
    large, confused, obedient, loyal, helpless, childlike. He could be described as a dog, obedient to his master.
    30s
  • Q3
    List words that describe George. What animal could he be compared to?
    dark, small, quick, ambitious, intelligent, thin, commanding, (maybe sometimes resentful). George could be compared to a raccoon.
    30s
  • Q4
    What things does Lennie say and do that make him seem like a child? How would you estimate Lennie's "mental" age?
    Lennie is like a child in that he constantly talks with slightly bad grammar, and he exaggerates. He is either super happy or pouting. He behaves like a five or six-year-old.
    30s
  • Q5
    Why did George and Lennie need to leave the town of Weed so quickly?
    Lennie, in an apparently harmless and childish way, wanted to pet a girl, and so he held her tight and pet her dress. This frightened the girl, especially when Lennie wouldn't let her go, so they were run out of town
    30s
  • Q6
    Does George really want Lennie to go away? Why or why not?
    He treats Lennie like a little brother. He may say he wants Lennie to go away, but when Lennie offers to leave George is upset by the idea. George likes Lennie, and though Lennie makes his life harder, Lennie is always present in George's visions of the future.
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the dream that Lennie begs George to repeat to him? What does Lennie mean by the phrase "live off the fatta the lan'?"
    The dream To make a living from working the land/farming.
    30s
  • Q8
    Near the end of the chapter, what are two things George wants Lennie to remember?
    Not to say a word to the farmer during the interview and where to hide if he gets in trouble.
    30s
  • Q9
    A few miles south of Soledad, near the Salinas River
    The opening scene
    30s
  • Q10
    A dead mouse
    Lennie holds this in his pocket and George makes him dispose of it.
    30s
  • Q11
    Ketchup
    Lennie continues to ask George for this, and in turn, George lashes out angrily.
    30s
  • Q12
    Rabbits
    Lennie wants George to tell him about the different colored___________________
    30s
  • Q13
    Hand
    Candy, the swamper who shows George and Lennie to their bunks, is missing what limb?
    30s
  • Q14
    Candy says that the boss brought a whole gallon of whisky to the men in the bunkhouse for Christmas.
    What evidence does the old swamper give that the ranch boss is a "pretty nice fella"?
    30s
  • Q15
    Boxing
    According to the old swamper, Candy what is Curley good at?
    30s

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