Of Mice and Men – summary – Flashcards
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Who are the main characters in OMAM?
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George and Lennie
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What is the initial description of George?
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Small, strong features, every part of him was defined.
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What is the initial description of Lennie?
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George's opposite, a huge man, shapeless face, large, pale eyes, wide, slopping shoulders, he drags his arms the way a bear drags his paws.
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How does the author characterize Lennie at the beginning of the novel?
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He is slow moving, slopping shoulders and bear like arms.
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How does the author describe Lennie's hands?
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His arms swung side to side like bear claws.
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What is George's attitude towards Lennie in the opening portion of the novel?
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George gets annoyed with Lennie but he really does care about him.
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Why does Lennie have a mouse?
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He likes to pet soft things.
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Where did Lennie find the mouse?
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He found it already dead across from where they were.
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What does George instruct Lennie to do when they meet the boss? Why?
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George tells Lennie not to say a word because he might mess everything up. George wants the boss to just see the way Lennie works and not how slow he is.
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Where are the two men headed?
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To a ranch to find a job in Soledad.
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What did Lennie do that got them kicked out of Weed?
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He went up to a lady and touched her dress and when she yelled he didn't let go. Because of this they had to flee Weed.
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What does George do to Lennie's mouse?
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He throws it across the river.
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Why does George ask Lennie for the mouse again?
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Because he notices that Lennie's pants are wet.
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What does the reader learn about Lennie's past?
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His Aunt Clara raised him, he likes to pet soft things, he got kicked out of Weed because he grabbed a ladies skirt.
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How does Lennie grabbing the ladies dress connect to the mouse?
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Lennie likes to pet soft things so he grabbed on to the dress because it looked soft.
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What two things does Aunt Clara give Lennie as a child?
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Mice and Red Velvet
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What keeps Lennie motivated?
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Being able to raise the bunnies at their Ranch.
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What does the author say that lets us know that Lennie is like an animal?
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He drinks from the river and he drags his paws (arms).
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How do we know that George cares about Lennie from the opening of the book?
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George tells Lennie not to drink from the water because he doesn't want Lennie to get sick after he had the dead mouse.
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What is Lennie's obsession?
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He likes to pet soft things.
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What is the dream that Lennie and George keep talking about?
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How they want to move on a farm and own a bunch of colorful rabbits.
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Why is the boss suspicious?
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Because George talks for Lennie.
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What is Curley's problem?
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Curley is a short small man who doesn't like big people.
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What does George seem to be anticipating about Lennie's behavior?
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George doesn't want Lennie to talk he just wants him to show the boss how great of a worker he is.
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What does Lennie get so excited about when he gets to Soledad?
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He is excited that he might be getting a puppy.
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Who is Crooks?
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He is the black stable worker.
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Why do people call him "Crooks"?
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He has a crooked back.
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What explanation does George give for Lennie's behavior with the boss?
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He says he got kicked in the head by a horse as a kid and they are cousins.
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What is Candy's opinion of Curley's wife? Is it justified?
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He thinks she is a tart, yes
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How is Slim described?
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He is like the king.
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How do the men seem to feel about the animal?
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They don't really care about animals as much as Lennie does.
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What information does George share with Slim?
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Where George and Lennie cam from, their dream, and what Lennie did.
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Why does the author describe Slim as having "God-like eyes"?
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He sees all
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How does Candy feel about what the men are asking him to do with his dog?
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He doesn't want to kill it because he has had it since he was a puppy but he listens to the men anyway.
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What happens between Lennie and Curley?
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They get into a fight and Lennie brakes Curleys hand.
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What specific word choices are adding to the image of Lennie being like an animal?
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Lennie's hand is the like the paw holding the fish and the fish is Curley.
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What does Crooks' room reveal about him?
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That he knows that he is going to be there for a while.
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How does Crooks upset Lennie?
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He tells him that the dream will never come true.
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How is Lennie's treatment of the pup typical?
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He petted it like he petted the mouse.
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What happens to Lennie's new pup?
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He hits him because he thinks that its going to bite him.
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Why could Curley's wife be considered a "dreamer" as well?
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Because she wants to become an actress and explore the world and become famous.
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How does Curley's wife feel about Curley?
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She doesn't actually like him she just married him because she wanted to explore.
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What does Curley's wife lure Lennie into doing?
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Petting her hair because it is soft.
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Why does Lennie whisper to himself "I done a bad thing"?
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Because he has killed Curley's wife and he know that George will be really mad at him.
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What does Lennie do to Curley's wife?
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He pets her hair and he starts to pet it too hard and he covers her mouth before she can scream and when she starts to Lennie breaks her neck.
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What is Lennie's biggest fear?
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Not being able to tend to the rabbits.
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What is George's reaction to the murder?
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He already expected Lennie to hurt her.
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What is Curley's reaction to the murder?
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He is furious, he wants to kill him.
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Why does Lennie go back to the bush?
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Because in the begining George told him that if he ever gets in trouble he should meet him there.
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What does Lennie see at the bush?
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He sees his Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit.
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What is the last thing that George tells Lennie?
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He explains their dreams.
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Why does George lie about the gun?
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He knows that if they know George took it he would lose his job.
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What does the reader realize about Carlson and Curley at the end of the novel?
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That they never understood George and Lennie's relationship.
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Who wrote the poem this book is based upon?
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Robbie Burns
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Why does she come into the bunkhouse?
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She is "looking for curley" which means shes checking out the new men
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What does Lennie do with the water that makes him proud of himself?
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He creates ripples across the water
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What does Lennie take out of his pocket that gets him yelled at by George?
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A dead mouse
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From where are George and Lennie coming?
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Weed, CA
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What does Lennie want with his dinner that they don't have?
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ketchup
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What does George imply happened in Weed with the girl?
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that Lennie messed up and was innocent on anything that the girl would say
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What dream does George and Lennie share?
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The rabbits and their own ranch
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According to the old man, why was the boss mad at George and Lennie?
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It is because they came late and couldn't work that day
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What does the Swamper tell George about Curley's left hand?
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He wears a glove of Vaseline to make his hand soft for his wife
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What did Slim do to four of his pups? Why?
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He drowns them becasue there were nine pups and the mom couldn't feed all of them.
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How does crooks react to Lennie when he comes to visit?
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He tells Lennie that he has no right to come in his room.
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For what reason did Lennie come to the barn?
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The light was on and he was lonely
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What do we learn about Crook's family?
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He was born in CA and his father owned a chicken ranch
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What does Lennie tell crooks, even though he probably shouldn't have?
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the rabbit story
