Of Mice and Men - Questions Ch. 1-4
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Where did the bus drop the two men off? ✔✔2 miles from the ranch near Salinas River
How is George described? ✔✔short, small, slim, working man
How is Lennie described? ✔✔big, broad shoulders, walks like a bear, no arm movement when
he walks
What does Lennie do with the water that makes him proud of himself? ✔✔He creates ripples
across the water
What does Lennie not have in his pocket and why? ✔✔bus ticket; work card; George took it so
Lennie wouldn't lose it
Why does George yell at Lennie when he takes something out of his pocket? ✔✔He takes a dead
mouse out of his pocket
, What did Lennie want to do with the thing he took out of his pocket? ✔✔he wanted to pet it
Where are George and Lennie going? ✔✔to a ranch for work
Where did George and Lennie come from? ✔✔Weed, CA
When they get to where they are going, what does George tell Lennie to do? ✔✔to not say a
word
Why did George and Lennie leave the last place they were at? ✔✔Lennie messed up
When Lennie goes out to get wood for a fire, what does he bring back that George takes away?
✔✔a mouse
Who used to give Lennie mice? ✔✔his Aunt Clara
Why did she stop giving Lennie mice? ✔✔he kept petting them too hard and killing them
with Certified Answers
Where did the bus drop the two men off? ✔✔2 miles from the ranch near Salinas River
How is George described? ✔✔short, small, slim, working man
How is Lennie described? ✔✔big, broad shoulders, walks like a bear, no arm movement when
he walks
What does Lennie do with the water that makes him proud of himself? ✔✔He creates ripples
across the water
What does Lennie not have in his pocket and why? ✔✔bus ticket; work card; George took it so
Lennie wouldn't lose it
Why does George yell at Lennie when he takes something out of his pocket? ✔✔He takes a dead
mouse out of his pocket
, What did Lennie want to do with the thing he took out of his pocket? ✔✔he wanted to pet it
Where are George and Lennie going? ✔✔to a ranch for work
Where did George and Lennie come from? ✔✔Weed, CA
When they get to where they are going, what does George tell Lennie to do? ✔✔to not say a
word
Why did George and Lennie leave the last place they were at? ✔✔Lennie messed up
When Lennie goes out to get wood for a fire, what does he bring back that George takes away?
✔✔a mouse
Who used to give Lennie mice? ✔✔his Aunt Clara
Why did she stop giving Lennie mice? ✔✔he kept petting them too hard and killing them
