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Who are the main characters in OMAM? - correct answers George and Lennie What is the initial description of George? - correct answers Small, strong features, every part of him was defined. What is the initial description of Lennie? - correct answers 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. How does the author characterize Lennie at the beginning of the novel? - correct answers He is slow moving, slopping shoulders and bear like arms. How does the author describe Lennie's hands? - correct answers His arms swung side to side like bear claws. What is George's attitude towards Lennie in the opening portion of the novel? - correct answers George gets annoyed with Lennie but he really does care about him. Why does Lennie have a mouse? - correct answers He likes to pet soft things. Where did Lennie find the mouse? - correct answers He found it already dead across from where they were. What does George instruct Lennie to do when they meet the boss? Why? - correct answers 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. Where are the two men headed? - correct answers To a ranch to find a job in Soledad. What did Lennie do that got them kicked out of Weed? - correct answers 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. What does George do to Lennie's mouse? - correct answers He throws it across the river. Why does George ask Lennie for the mouse again? - correct answers Because he notices that Lennie's pants are wet. What does the reader learn about Lennie's past? - correct answers His Aunt Clara raised him, he likes to pet soft things, he got kicked out of Weed because he grabbed a ladies skirt. How does Lennie grabbing the ladies dress connect to the mouse? - correct answers Lennie likes to pet soft things so he grabbed on to the dress because it looked soft. What two things does Aunt Clara give Lennie as a child? - correct answers Mice and Red Velvet What keeps Lennie motivated? - correct answers Being able to raise the bunnies at their Ranch. What does the author say that lets us know that Lennie is like an animal? - correct answers He drinks from the river and he drags his paws (arms). How do we know that George cares about Lennie from the opening of the book? - correct answers George tells Lennie not to drink from the water because he doesn't want Lennie to get sick after he had the dead mouse. What is Lennie's obsession? - correct answers He likes to pet soft things. What is the dream that Lennie and George keep talking about? - correct answers How they want to move on a farm and own a bunch of colorful rabbits. Why is the boss suspicious? - correct answers Because George talks for Lennie. What is Curley's problem? - correct answers Curley is a short small man who doesn't like big people. What does George seem to be anticipating about Lennie's behavior? - correct answers George doesn't want Lennie to talk he just wants him to show the boss how great of a worker he is. What does Lennie get so excited about when he gets to Soledad? - correct answers He is excited that he might be getting a puppy. Who is Crooks? - correct answers He is the black stable worker. Why do people call him "Crooks"? - correct answers He has a crooked back. What explanation does George give for Lennie's behavior with the boss? - correct answers He says he got kicked in the head by a horse as a kid and they are cousins. What is Candy's opinion of Curley's wife? Is it justified? - correct answers He thinks she is a tart, yes How is Slim described? - correct answers He is like the king. How do the men seem to feel about the animal? - correct answers They don't really care about animals as much as Lennie does. What information does George share with Slim? - correct answers Where George and Lennie cam from, their dream, and what Lennie did. Why does the author describe Slim as having "God-like eyes"? - correct answers He sees all How does Candy feel about what the men are asking him to do with his dog? - correct answers He doesn't want to kill it because he has had it since he was a puppy but he listens to the men anyway. What happens between Lennie and Curley? - correct answers They get into a fight and Lennie brakes Curleys hand. What specific word choices are adding to the image of Lennie being like an animal? - correct answers Lennie's hand is the like the paw holding the fish and the fish is Curley. What does Crooks' room reveal about him? - correct answers That he knows that he is going to be there for a while. How does Crooks upset Lennie? - correct answers He tells him that the dream will never come true. How is Lennie's treatment of the pup typical? - correct answers He petted it like he petted the mouse. What happens to Lennie's new pup? - correct answers He hits him because he thinks that its going to bite him. Why could Curley's wife be considered a "dreamer" as well? - correct answers Because she wants to become an actress and explore the world and become famous. How does Curley's wife feel about Curley? - correct answers She doesn't actually like him she just married him because she wanted to explore. What does Curley's wife lure Lennie into doing? - correct answers Petting her hair because it is soft. Why does Lennie whisper to himself "I done a bad thing"? - correct answers Because he has killed Curley's wife and he know that George will be really mad at him. What does Lennie do to Curley's wife? - correct answers 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. What is Lennie's biggest fear? - correct answers Not being able to tend to the rabbits. What is George's reaction to the murder? - correct answers He already expected Lennie to hurt her. What is Curley's reaction to the murder? - correct answers He is furious, he wants to kill him. Why does Lennie go back to the bush? - correct answers Because in the begining George told him that if he ever gets in trouble he should meet him there. What does Lennie see at the bush? - correct answers He sees his Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit. What is the last thing that George tells Lennie? - correct answers He explains their dreams. Why does George lie about the gun? - correct answers He knows that if they know George took it he would lose his job. What does the reader realize about Carlson and Curley at the end of the novel? - correct answers That they never understood George and Lennie's relationship. Who wrote the poem this book is based upon? - correct answers Robbie Burns According to the old man, why was the boss mad at George and Lennie - correct answers They were't there on time What does George find in the ox by his bed and what does he assume - correct answers He finds a can that gets rid of ticks and he assumed that the bed had bugs Describe the stable buck. What physical attributes does he have? What does the boss use him for? - correct answers The stable buck is a young black man that has a crooked back from being kicked by a horse. The boss takes his anger out on the stable buck. describe the fight between the stable buck and Carlson - correct answers They were all drinking whiskey on Christmas. They had fight between Carlson and the Stable Buck. Carlson wasn't allowed to use his hands because the stable buck had a crooked back and he was black. The sta