OF MICE AND MEN STUDY GUIDE
T/F: Slim takes Candys dog outside and shoots it in the back of the head
False
Lennie is Georges...
traveling companion
C&E: Candy lies down in the hay and covers his face...
Because he knows it's the end of his dream
C&E: Crooks lets Lennie in his room...
Becuase he is lonely
WHO?: The stable buck with a crooked back
Crooks
"Im gonna shoot the guts outa the big bastard myself, even if i only got one hand. im gonna get him."
Curley
WHO?: an ex-boxer who is rather pugnacious
Curley
"Wha's the matter with me? Aint I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think i am anyways?"
Curleys Wife
T/F: Lennie becomes furious with Curleys wife for mocking him and deliberately breaks her neck
False
T/F: Lennie is resentful when George orders him about
False
Of Mice and Men takes place in the....
1930's
Year OMM was published
1937
"You bindle bums think youre so god d**m good. Whatta ya think i am, a kid? I tell ya i could have went with the shows."
Curleys Wife
Lit term?: "you guys gonna buck barley?"
Alliteration
Distant;removed
Aloot
Judged
Appraised
WHO?: is always looking for Curley in the wrong places
Curleys Wife
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Banned child labor
Aggressively; with hostility
Belligerently
Confused; bemused
Bewildered
With great force
Brutally
T/F: Crooks lived with the other ranchers in the bunkhouse
False
T/F: Crooks was only a temporary hired hand at the ranch.
False
T/F: George and Lennie leave Weed after their job was completed
False
"I shouldnt ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog."
Candy
WHO?: an old man, referred to as the swamper
Candy
WHO?: wants to shoot Candy's old dog
Carlson
Comforted;assured
Consoled
Lingered
Consoled
Depressed
Crestfallen
"Books aint no good. A guy needs somebody to be near him."
Crooks
"Well I got a right to have a light, You go and get outta my room. I ant wanted in the bunkhouse and you aint wanted in my room."
Crooks
T/F: George looks after Lennie because they are cousins
False
T/F: George refuses to let Candy come in with him and Lennie because buying a farmhouse is their private dream
False
T/F: George refuses to let Lennie have one of Slims puppies because he knows he will kill it
False
Calming;soothing
Disarming
Behaving respectfully
Dutifully
Honestly; seriously
Earnest
Lit term?: "old candy lay down in the hay...."
Epithet
New deal:
FDRs program brought about immediate economic relief and reform
T/F: Crooks likes to read alone in his room so he has no desire for companionship
False
Steinbecks birthdate
Feb 27, 1902
Lit term?: "this here is no set up I'm scared you gonna have trouble with that Curley guy....."
Foreshadowing
1 cause for developmental delays
Genetic
"So you wasnt gonna say a word. You was gonna leave your big flapper shut and leave me do the talkin. Damn near lost us the job."
George
WHO?: cares for Lennie and travels with him
George
A cotton cloth with a checkered pattern
Gingham
A strong displeasure against something offensive or unjust
Indignation
"If you dont want me, I can go off in the hills an find a cave. I can go away any time."
Lennie
WHO?: likes to eat beans with ketchup and pet soft things
Lennie
Why did George and Lennie leave Weed?
Lennie got in trouble for touching a girls dress
George and Lennie are....
Migrant farm workers
Flat;without expression
Monotonous
1 reason for attempted censorship of OMM
Offensive language
Lit term?: "..thud of big hooves on hard ground....and the jingle of trace chains"
Onomatopoeia
Lit term?: "a sound of jingling harness and the croak of heavy laden axes sounded from the outside"
Onomatopoeia
Lit term?: "the sycamore leaves whispered in the night breeze"
Personification
Steinbeck's birth place
Salinas, California
Contemptuously (showing or expressing distain- lack of respect)
Scornfully
Lit term?: "Lennie came out of the brush as silently as a creeping bear moves."
Simile
Lit term?: "his huge companion... drank with long gulps snorting into the water like a horse"
Simile
Lit term?: "in and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars"
Simile
Lit term?: "on the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones."
Simile
"I guess Lennie done it, all right. Her necks bust Lennie coulda did that...maybe like that time in Weed you was telling about."
Slim
WHO?: the prince of the ranch and a jerkline skinner
Slim
2 causes of GD
Stock market crash Dust bowl
Sadly; morosely
Sullenly
"I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin his pay away from him?.... well i never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your intrest is... But dont try to put nothing over, Milton. I got my eye on you!"
The boss
Of Mice and Men was set in....
The farmland of Salinas Valley and California
T/F: According to Candy, Curley is a bully who likes to pick fights
True
T/F: Candy regrets not shooting the sheepdog himself
True
T/F: George shoots Lennie to save him from Curleys vengeance
True
T/F: Lennie is afraid of Curley and wants to leave the ranch immediately
True
T/F: Slim advises Curley not to tell his father that Lennie crushes his hand
True
Small strands of pieces
Wisps
Struggled; wiggled
Writhed
C&E: George leaves before Candy tells the others...
because he doesnt want the others to think hes involved
C&E: Lennie escapes to hide in the brush...
because he remembers what George told him
C&E: George shoots Lennie in the back of his head...
because he wants to spare him from worse fate
C&E: The men assume Lennie is armed...
because the luger is missing
C&E: Lennie is angry and sorry about the puppy....
becuase he killed it
C&E: Curleys wife sits next to Lennie in the barn...
becuase he looks like someone who would listen
C&E: Lennie kills Curleys wife...
becuase he panics and cant release his hold
C&E: Slim offers to buy George a drink...
becuase he understands what George had to do