Character questions:
1. what is candys companion?
a. cat
b. horse
c. dog
d. Lenny
2. who is the black guy who manages the horses on the ranch?
a. Curly
b. bosss
c. Slim
d. Crooks
3. what animal does Lenny look forward to on the future farm?
a. cats
b. mice
c. rabbits
d. puppies
4. Who finds curlys wife dead?
a. George
b. Candy
C. Curly
d. Crooks
setting questions
1. where was Lenny and George run out of?
a. Salinas
b. Soledad
c. Texas
d. Bridget's a dork
2. where was Lenny and George headed in the first chapter?
a. a ranch south
b. a ranch north
c. a ranch west
d. a ranch east
3. Where does George tell Lenny to hide if he got in trouble?
a. tree
b. lake
c. raccoon nest
d. a brush
4. where did curly meet his wife?
a. lakeside dance
b. riverside dance
c. ranch
d. cat house
Conflict questions
1. Who's hand does Lenny crush?
a. Curly
b. George
c. candy
d. curly's wife
2. how did Lenny kill curly's wife?
a. broke her spirit
b. broke her neck
c. crushed her hand
d. shot her
Thursday, April 30, 2009
What is the overall theme of all the characters at the ranch?
Loneliness is the best-fit theme for the characters in of mice and men. As the story begins, George explains to Lenny “ Ranch workers are the loneliest people”. When the events unfold and the men actually go to the farm, they come across three people who admit to their loneliness. Curly’s wife is a prime example, and even as a married woman, she still finds herself companionless, as she saunters around the farm in a desperate attempt to speak with another being. Crooks are a black man who is often referred to “Nigger” also suffers from loneliness when he has nothing but books to alleviate that pain. As well as these people, candy is another who is alone, and the only companion he has is killed due to age. Everyone faces vacancy of companionship; even George at the end.
Curly’s wife is always wondering around the ranch as an effort to converse with the guys who are working around the fields, because she is the only woman for miles. She is the wife of curly obviously and even as a partner to someone, she is always alone, and unhappy with her life. The only man she can come into contact with is curly and she even concedes that “ He isn’t’ a nice feller”. When she is finally able to speak to Lenny, she pours out her feelings and exposes her life toward him and tells him how utterly sad she is with curly and she could have made something better of herself.
Crooks is a black man in the early 1900’s, so you can imagine how is life is played due to his race in a farm of a majority of white males. He does not play rummy with the guys or even bunk with them due to his race. He has a room dedicated to books, a way to escape his existence. This character also displays his loneliness to Lenny and tells him “a man goes nuts when he ain’t got no one to talk to”. All he wanted was a friend to “measure the world with” and even tells Lenny, a complete stranger this dark feeling.
Candy is an older man who has an old dog. When the story unfolds further, candy’s dog gets shot in the head because he was described as smelly and no good to himself or nobody else. After his dog is killed, he latches onto Lenny and Georges dream to own a small farm. He even offers to pay $350 to escape his loneliness and join the two in a small fantasy to reach this goal and be happy.
As a result of this book, everyone is lonely. Curly’s wife died because she wanted another person to talk to but it just so happened to go against her and result with her neck busted. Crooks never changed throughout the story besides the one chapter he expresses his feelings towards Lenny. Candy is let down and unable to further grasp that small dream to live on that farm and hoe the garden. As for George and Lenny, They are alone at the end; George kills Lenny and all the dreams created by the men die with Lenny.
Curly’s wife is always wondering around the ranch as an effort to converse with the guys who are working around the fields, because she is the only woman for miles. She is the wife of curly obviously and even as a partner to someone, she is always alone, and unhappy with her life. The only man she can come into contact with is curly and she even concedes that “ He isn’t’ a nice feller”. When she is finally able to speak to Lenny, she pours out her feelings and exposes her life toward him and tells him how utterly sad she is with curly and she could have made something better of herself.
Crooks is a black man in the early 1900’s, so you can imagine how is life is played due to his race in a farm of a majority of white males. He does not play rummy with the guys or even bunk with them due to his race. He has a room dedicated to books, a way to escape his existence. This character also displays his loneliness to Lenny and tells him “a man goes nuts when he ain’t got no one to talk to”. All he wanted was a friend to “measure the world with” and even tells Lenny, a complete stranger this dark feeling.
Candy is an older man who has an old dog. When the story unfolds further, candy’s dog gets shot in the head because he was described as smelly and no good to himself or nobody else. After his dog is killed, he latches onto Lenny and Georges dream to own a small farm. He even offers to pay $350 to escape his loneliness and join the two in a small fantasy to reach this goal and be happy.
As a result of this book, everyone is lonely. Curly’s wife died because she wanted another person to talk to but it just so happened to go against her and result with her neck busted. Crooks never changed throughout the story besides the one chapter he expresses his feelings towards Lenny. Candy is let down and unable to further grasp that small dream to live on that farm and hoe the garden. As for George and Lenny, They are alone at the end; George kills Lenny and all the dreams created by the men die with Lenny.
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