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| What did Lennie have in his pocket? Why? |
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| A dead mouse. Lennie has a childlike obsession with petting soft things. He was keeping it in his pocket to pet as he and George walked along. |
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| Why did George and Lennie leave Weed? |
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| They were run out of town after Lennie touched and held onto a girl's dress. |
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| What did George and Lennie eat for dinner? What did Lennie want? |
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| They ate beans in the brush and Lennie wanted Ketchup on them. This causes George's outburst because Lennie is difficult for him to take care of. |
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| What does Lennie want to take care of when he and George acquire alnd of their own? |
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| He wants to tend the rabbits. George holds this over his head as punishment later on in the novel if Lennie doesn't behave. |
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| If Lennie should get into trouble on the ranch, what does George tell him to do? |
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| Hide in the brush that is the setting of section one. |
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| What did George find in his bed? |
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| How does the novel describe Curley? |
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| The boss' son, pugnacious, handy, recently married, small |
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| What color does Curley's wife wear a lot of? |
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| Red; this is also the color of passion and fits well with the ranch hands description of her character as a "tart." |
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| What did Slim give to Lennie? |
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| What excuses does Candy give for not wanting to shoot his dog? |
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| He's had him for a long time, afraid it would hurt him, and he doesn't mind/is used to taking care of the dog. |
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| What happens between Lennie and Curley? |
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| They get into a fight. At first, Curley is winning until George tells Lennie to "get him." Lennie then breaks his hand. |
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| Why does Slim tell Curely to lie about what happened? |
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| Slim wants to save George and Lennie's jobs. Besides, it was Curley's fault for picking a fight with Lennie for no reason in the first place. |
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| What is the setting of the novel? |
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| On a ranch, in Soledad California during the Great Depression during various times of the day. |
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| Why does Slim kill 4 puppies off the bat? |
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| The mother dog wouldn't be able to feed all of the puppies she had, so in order to save her Slim has to kill some of her pups. |
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| What made George stop picking on Lennie? |
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| When he almost drowned Lennie by telling him to jump in the river. Lennie did so, even though he couldn't swim. |
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| Who offers to put money in with George and Lennie for the ranch? |
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| Stable buck, only black guy on the ranch |
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| Why does Lennie go into Crook's room? |
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| He was in the barn petting his puppy when he saw the light. |
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| What thoughts does Crook's begin to plant in Lennie's head about George? |
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| He tells him that maybe George isn't coming back from being in town and is going to leave Lennie. |
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| What is Curley's Wife's opinion about Crooks and Lennie? |
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| That they are just a black man and a stupid man. |
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| What happened to Lennie's puppy? |
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| Lennie accidently killed him by hitting him too forcefully. |
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| What would Curley's Wife's life have been like if she hadn't married Curley? |
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| She claims that she would've been an actress. |
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| She is the only female on the ranch for one, for two Curley won't allow her to leave the house. |
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| Why does she dislike Curley? |
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| Curley is always talking about the fights he has been in/would get into and doens't provide her with conversation. |
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| What is Lennie concerned about the most after he has killed Curley's Wife? |
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Definition
| The fact that George will not allow him to tend the rabbits since he has misbehaved again. |
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| What is Candy most afraid of? |
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| Not being able to get the ranch with George, since it was originally a plan that he and Lennie had devised. |
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| What two things does Lennie hallucinate? |
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| His Aunt Clara and a Giant rabbit. |
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| What does George tell Lennie right before he kills him? |
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| He tells him he wasn't ever mad at him and describes the ranch to Lennie one last time. |
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