Of Mice and Men Study Guide – Flashcards
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Lennie
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large childlike migrant worker, loves animals and soft things, wants to own rabbits
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George
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small and wiry, cares for Lennie, working to get money to buy a farm
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Candy
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swamper, one armed ranch handyman, offers savings help buy farm, owns an old dog
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Candy
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swamper, one armed ranch handyman, offers savings help buy farm, owns an old dog
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Curleys wife
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dresses in fancy red shoes, lonely, men think she is a tramp, temptation for the men, name never mentioned
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Crooks
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black stable-hand, crooked back from an accident, isolated because of race, wants to join the farm group
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Curley
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son of the ranch owner, wears high-heeled boots to distinguish himself from the ranch hands, champion prize-fighter, confrontational, mean-spirited, picks fights, possessive and jealous of his wife.
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Slim
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skilled mule driver, respected on the ranch, others look to him for advice, quiet, insightful, comforts George
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Carlson
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ranch hand, complains about Candys dog, owns a gun
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The Boss
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owns the ranch, father of Curley, seems fair-minded
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Aunt Clara
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Lennies aunt, cared for him until her death, gave him mice to pet
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Whit
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ranch hand
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bindle
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a bed roll and/or pack or personal belongings
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jack
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money
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graybacks
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lice
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buck
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a man
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buckler
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those who move or load heavy objects (like sacks of grain)
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skinner
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a driver of a draft team of animals
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tart
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prostitute
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mules
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shoes or slippers
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found
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free food and lodgings in addition to wages
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hoosegow
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jail
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hame
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part of the collar for a draft animal
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booby hatch
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insane asylum
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floozy
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cheap, immoral woman
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snooker
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a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of assorted colors
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mollify
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to pacify or soften in feeling or temper
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scud
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to run or move quickly or hurriedly
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console
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to allieviate or lessen the grief
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scornful
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derisive; contemptuous
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scuttle
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to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry
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ominous
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portending evil or harm; foreboding
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imperiously
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dictatorially; overbearingly
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writhe
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to twist about or squirm as in pain
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earnestly
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effort made with sincere zeal
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brindled
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gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots
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crestfallen
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dejected; dispirited; discouraged
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brusque
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abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
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belligerent
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aggressively hostile; warlike
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contemptuous
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disdainful; supercilious; haughty
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profound
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having deep insight or understanding
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scourge
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to punish, chastise, or criticize severely
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mottle
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to mark or diversify with spots or blotches or color
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contorted
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twisted in a violent manner; distorted
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disarming
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removing or capable of removing hostility or suspicion
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wryly
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bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
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morosely
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored
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dutiful
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duteous
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indignation
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strong feeling of unjust or insulting actions
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derogatory
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belittling, uncomplimentary
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tick
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mattress
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Idiom
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an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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blow their stake
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lose and/or spend all their money
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live off the fat of the land
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To grow own food,land is so "fat" or rich, that it is all that is needed
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bust a gut
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Work so hard that you feel like you busted a gut
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jungle-up
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camp out at night with
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cat house
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whore house; house of prostitution
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watchin the blackboard
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looking for a job
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a bum steer
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A false information/direction
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What stake you got in this guy
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What financial interest do you have in him
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leave your big flapper shut
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A flapper is a mouth, thus "be quiet"
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scrappy
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Fond of fighting, competing
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take the rap
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Take the blame
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slang her pups
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gave birth to puppies
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tangles
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Fights/argues
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got the eye
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looks/flirts
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pants rabbits
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Parasite (lice) from sharing bunks
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rattrap
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hopeless situation
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flat bust
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completely broke
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hoosegow
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jail
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start a party out to lynch
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get a group together to hang someone
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throw a litter
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give birth
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welter
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Boxer between light and middle weight
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roll up a stake
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save some money
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set on the trigger
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just about to cause trouble
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looloo
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a sexy woman
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make it stick
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Be successful/see it to the end
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on the county
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on welfare
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yella jackets in his drawers
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Restless,nervous
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yella
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Yellow, coward
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goo-goos
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Silly idiots
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took a powder
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left
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booby hatch
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pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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baloney
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nonsense
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corn
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Whiskey
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put me in pitchers
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To put in the movies
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right cross
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boxing term: a punch delivered by a right fist
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cover im up
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cover im up
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went with shows
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went with shows
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Dont try to put nothin over on me
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dont lie to me
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Somebody made a ringer
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In horseshoes someone centered the pole and scored
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I think I knowed wed never do her
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HER is the ranch. He always knew the dream wouldnt happen in his heart.
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dejected
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depressed in spirits; disheartened
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apologetically
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to act with sorrow or regret
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craftily
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to act in a cunning, sly, or deceitful manner
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ominous
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foreboding, threatening, with evil or harm
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defensive
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guarded;protective
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complacently
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to act placidly with self assurance; unaware of danger or threat
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intensity
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showing great strength and concentration
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amusedly
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to act pleseantly entertained or diverted
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contemptuously
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to act in a scornful or disdainful manner
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dutifully
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to perform the acts required of a person
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What state is "Of Mice and Men" set in ?
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California
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In the beginning Lennie accidently kills what animal ?
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A Mouse
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Why were Lennie and George run out of Weed ?
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Lennie frightened a girl
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What seperates George and Lennie from average workers ?
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They have companionship and look out for each other
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Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble ?
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Hide in the brush by the river
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What does George tell the boss to explain Lennies lower intelligence ?
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He got kicked in the head by a horse
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What kind of pet did Candy own from birth ?
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A dog
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Why doesnt Curley have to worry about being fired ?
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Hes the bosss son
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What is George and Lennies big dream ?
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To take over the ranch
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Who is Curly constantly looking for ?
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His wife
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What animal does Slim give Lennie ?
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A Puppy
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Who does George first tell the real reason they were chased out of Weed ?
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Slim
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What is the mood in the bunkhouse before Candys dog is shot ?
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Tense
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What literary devise is being used right before Candys dog is shot ?
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personification
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Who did George and Lennie bring into their plan for the farm ?
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Candy
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"When they can me here I wisht somebodyd shoot me ....Who said this ?
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Candy
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What excuse is made for Curleys hand being broken ?
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He got it caught in a machine
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Who is the only character to really make an attempt to befriend Crooks ?
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Lennie
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Why is Crooks always so pessimistic ?
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He is always being left out by the other men
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Who said this ? " I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an that same damn thing in their heads .....
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Crooks
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What did Curleys wife dream about before she married him ?
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Being a movie star
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Besides a rabbit, what does Lennie think he sees while hes in his hiding spot ?
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Aunt Clara
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What weapon does George use to kill Lennie ?
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Carlsons Luger ( gun )
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After George kills Lennie, Who says " You hadda, George, I swear you hadda. Come on with me. "
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Slim
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After George kills Lennie who makes fun of the situation saying " Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin them two guys ?"
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Carlson
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Lennie is this Character type.
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Flat
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The Ranch boss is this character type.
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Round
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Identify " Tell me about the Rabbits"
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Lennie
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Name the literary device. Snorting into the water like a horse
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Simile
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Identify " ... ahuge man, shapless of face, with large,pale eyes,with wire, sloping shoulders, and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. "
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Lennie
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Identify " tall, stoop shouldered old man... He pointed with his right arm, and out of the sleeve came a round stick like wrist, but no hand ."
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Candy
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Identify " She had full, rouged lipsand wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red..."
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Curleys wife
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Identify "...small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features...every part of him was defined : small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. "
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George
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Identify " A tall man stood in the doorway. He held a crushed Stetson hat under his arm while he combed his long, black, damp hair straight back...There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke..."
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Slim
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(Who is "He" ?) "He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie.. his hands closed into fists. Well, nex time you answer when youre spoke to."
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Curley
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(ID the speaker) " He dont have to have no fun...And he stinks to beat hell. Tell you what. Ill shoot him for you. Then it wont be you that does it."
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Carlson
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The only women on the ranch
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Curleys wife
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Character who is an outcast because of his race
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Crooks
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Identify "handy and scrappy ; got his hand caught in a machine
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Curley
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Setting
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Lit. Term.. Where and when the story takes place
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Foreshadowing
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Lit. Term.. Authors use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur
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Characterization
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Lit. Term.. Descriptions an author uses to reveal an characters personalities and traits
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Static Charater
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Lit. Term.. A Character who does not change in the course of a work; stays the same
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Theme
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Lit Term.. Central message or insite into life revealed by a literary work
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Flat Character
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Lit Term.. A one-dimentional character
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Round Character
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Lit Term.. A character who is complex and multi-facteted like a realistic person
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Symbol
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Lit Term.. Something that stands for something else
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Dynamic Character
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Lit Term.. A Character who develops and changed in the course of a story
