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$100 Question from Characters

“OH! I ain’t saying he’s bright. He ain’t. But I say he’s a God damn good worker. He can put up a four hundred pound bale… he’s my cousin. I told his his old lady I’d take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid”

This quote describes…

$100 Answer from Characters

Lennie Smalls


“That’s the boss’s son. He’s pretty handy. He’s done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a lightweight, and he’s handy… He’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys.”



Curley


Befriends George and Lennie. Has a dog that’s so old “he can’ hardly walk. Stinks like hell, too. Most guess ask, “Why’n’t we shoot his old dog and give him one of the new pups to raise up?”



Candy


“Well, he’s a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he’s pretty nice. Tell ya what – know what he done Christmas? Brang a whole gallon of whisky right in here and says, ‘Drink hearty boys. Christmas comes but once a year.’”



The Boss


“Hell of a nice fella and as clean a guy as you want to meet. Used to wash his hands even after he ate… he just quit though, the way a guy will. Says it was the food. Just wanted to move.”


*Hint: Think early on when the boys first come to the ranch


Whit

$100 Question from Plot

When George and Lennie arrive at the ranch, where are they coming from and why?

$100 Answer from Plot

Lennie and George are coming from a ranch in Weed. They left because Lennie was accused of raping a young girl after feeling her dress.


George tells the boss that Lennie isn’t “quite right” because what happened to him when he was little?


George tells the boss Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse when he was little.


Describe the fight between Lennie and Curley.

After the fact, what story does everyone agree on to explain what happened?


Curley attacked Lennie because Lennie was smiling. After George tells Lennie to finally fight back, Lennie crushes Curley’s hand.

The men agree that Curley got his hand caught in a machine.


Why does Curley’s wife threaten Crooks and what does she threaten him with?


Curley’s wife threatens Crooks when she comes into his room at night. She threatens to lynch him after he starts talking back to him.


Who is the only character who sympathizes with George after he is forced to shoot Lennie?


Slim

$100 Question from Quotes

Who said:

“ I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.”

$100 Answer from Quotes

George


Who said:

“Look out, now, you’ll muss it. You stop it now, you’ll muss it up. Let go! You let go!”


Curley’s Wife


Who said:

“When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t swamp out no bunk houses. They’ll put me on the country.”


Candy


Who said:

“Well, I got a right to have a light. You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room.”


Crooks


Who said:

“You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me.”


Slim

$100 Question from Themes & Literary Devices

Candy suffers an internal conflict over losing his dog because:

A. He didn’t mind that it smelledB. He was not the one to shoot itC. He thought it would get better.D. It had been with him for a few

years.

$100 Answer from Themes & Literary Devices

B. He was not the one to shoot it


When Lennie starts hallucinating about rabbits and his Aunt Clara, it is showing what type of conflict?

A. Man vs. ManB. Man vs. NatureC. Man vs. SelfD. Man vs. Society


C. Man vs. Self


Steinbeck, the author, uses Crooks, the stable hand, as one example to show mankind’s need for:

A. Friendship and CompanionsB. Solitude (alone time)C. An EducationD. Freedom


A. Friendship and Companions


At some point Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife all use Lennie as an “attentive ear.” What do all 3 have what in common? Be able to explain it.


They are all lonely/outcasts. • Crooks is an outcast because he is black. He is lonely because he is not allowed to hangout in the bunk house or play games with the men. • Curley’s wife is lonely because she has no one to talk. Curley threatens them all. She also missed out on her dream to be in movies.

• Candy is an outcast because he is old and crippled. He is lonely at this point because his dog was shot.


“Sometimes, even though it’s not what you want, you have to take responsibility and do what’s best for those you love.”

What two situations best illustrate this scene.


The shooting of Candy’s dog

The shooting of Lennie by George

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Final Jeopardy

What are George and Lennie’s last names?

*Hint: They are NOT the same.

Final Jeopardy Answer

George Milton

Lennie Smalls

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