Chapter 5 of mice and men Questions
and Answers Graded A+
What happened to Lennie's puppy? What is his reaction? ✔✔Lennie's puppy died because he
handled it too roughly. He's sad and he's angry.
Why is Lennie angry at the dead puppy? ✔✔He knows George is going to be mad, and he thinks
George won't let him tend the rabbits.
Why did Curley's wife come to see Lennie? ✔✔Curley's wife came to see Lennie because she
figured out that he crushed Curley's hand and wouldn't be afraid of Curley anymore-he was the
most likely candidate for her advances at this time.
When Lennie doesn't want to talk to Curley's wife, how does she react? ✔✔She gets angry
What did she tell Lennie? What does she ask Lennie to do? ✔✔She told Lennie that she didn't
like Curley and that she had had other opportunities to go places and make something of herself,
but she couldn't take advantage of them, so she married Curley as the next most likely way to get
out of her hometown. She asks him to feel her soft hair.
and Answers Graded A+
What happened to Lennie's puppy? What is his reaction? ✔✔Lennie's puppy died because he
handled it too roughly. He's sad and he's angry.
Why is Lennie angry at the dead puppy? ✔✔He knows George is going to be mad, and he thinks
George won't let him tend the rabbits.
Why did Curley's wife come to see Lennie? ✔✔Curley's wife came to see Lennie because she
figured out that he crushed Curley's hand and wouldn't be afraid of Curley anymore-he was the
most likely candidate for her advances at this time.
When Lennie doesn't want to talk to Curley's wife, how does she react? ✔✔She gets angry
What did she tell Lennie? What does she ask Lennie to do? ✔✔She told Lennie that she didn't
like Curley and that she had had other opportunities to go places and make something of herself,
but she couldn't take advantage of them, so she married Curley as the next most likely way to get
out of her hometown. She asks him to feel her soft hair.
