Study Guide pages 78 1 How would you describe the relationship between George and Lennie Give an example from the text George looks out for Lennie and takes care of him George tells ID: 364801
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Of Mice and Men
Study Guide pages 7-8Slide2
1. How would you describe the relationship between George and
Lennie
? Give an example from the text.
George looks out for
Lennie
and takes care of him.
George tells
Lennie
not to talk to the boss.
George tells
Lennie
he always has to keep him out of trouble.
George tells
Lennie
not to drink the bad water.
George tells
Lennie
not to pet dead mice.Slide3
2. What does
Lennie
have in his hand? Why does he have that? How did it die?
Lennie
has a dead mouse in his hand.
He has it because he enjoys petting it.
It died because
Lennie
petted it too hard.Slide4
3. Why doesn’t George want
Lennie
to talk in front of his new boss?
George is worried the boss will think
Lennie
is stupid or slow and may not give the men work.Slide5
4. What happened to the men in Weed? Why did they leave?
Lennie
petted a woman’s dress and wouldn’t let go.
When she screamed, he held on tighter.
Other men, thinking he was attacking her, chased
Lennie
and George out of Weed.Slide6
4. What happened to the men in Weed? Why did they leave?
Lennie
petted a woman’s dress and wouldn’t let go.
When she screamed, he held on tighter.
Other men, thinking he was attacking her, chased
Lennie
and George out of Weed.Slide7
5. What are
Lennie
and George going to do in Soledad?
They are going to be bucking grain bins on a farm to earn money.Slide8
6. Explain the connection between
Lennie’s
mouse and what happened in Weed.
Lennie
likes to touch/pet soft things.
When the mouse got upset,
Lennie
squeezed it until he died.
When
Lennie
petted the lady’s dress and she screamed, he squeezed her dress and wouldn’t let go.
In both cases, he didn’t realize he was doing wrong until after the fact.Slide9
7. Do you think
Lennie
means to cause problems? Why or why not?
You answer goes here as long as you back it up from the text.Slide10
8. What is
Lennie
and George’s dream?
They dream of owning their own land where they can farm.
They will have a big vegetable patch, a rabbit hutch and chickens. They’ll have a place to live with a fire/stove inside.Slide11
9. Why is the story about the rabbits important? What does it symbolize?
Lennie
can’t always remember the dream or why George and
Lennie
are working, but he remembers the rabbits.
The rabbits symbolize
Lennie’s
version of the dream.Slide12
10. Where are
Lennie
and George supposed to meet if either gets in trouble?
They are supposed to meet in the brush where they
spent the night.