English 10- For those of you who need to make up chapter questions, here they are:
CHAPTER 1 Comprehension
1. In what part of the country does the novel take place? Time period?
2. List words that describe Lennie.
3. List words that describe George.
4. To what animal is Lennie compared?
5. To what animal would you compare George? Why?
6. Why were George and Lennie run out of Weed?
7. What things does Lennie do and say that make him like a child?
8. Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble?
CHAPTER 2 Comprehension
1. Who greeted George and Lennie at the bunkhouse?
2. What unusual habits did Whitey have?
3. Whom did the boss punish because George and Lennie were late? Why?
4. Why does George answer all the questions directed to Lennie?
5. How does the boss react to George's friendship with Lennie?
6. What excuse does George give for Lennie's slowness?
7. How does Curley react to Lennie's silence?
8. What does Curley think about George and Lennie's traveling together?
9. What does the swamper mean by the statement "Curley's pretty handy"?
10. What uneasy feeling does George have about Curley's wife?
CHAPTER 3 Comprehension
1. Who is Slim?
2. What kind act does Slim do for Lennie?
3. How does Slim react to Lennie and Goerge's traveling together?
4. Why do you think George told Slim about what happened in Weed?
5. From Carlson's point of view list words that describe Candy's dog.
6. What is Carlson's solution to the problem of the dog?
7. Describe how Carlson shoots Candy's dog.
8. What role does Candy play in helping George and Lennie try to buy land?
9. Why does Curley attack Lennie? What happens to Curley?
Deeper Meaning Questions for Chapter 3.
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Mice and Men Chapter 3 Deeper meaning questions.
•Answer
these questions in complete and through sentences. Use evidence from the text to support your
thinking. This will be for a summative grade!
1. What does George's conversation
with Slim reveal about his past treatment of and present feelings toward
Lennie?
2. Why does George trust Slim?
3. Does George's analysis of
Lennie's attack on the girl in Weed seem probable?
4. Analyze Carlson's reasons for
and Candy's reasons against shooting Candy's dog. How do they allude to the
central issues of the novel?
5. Explain why George declines
Whit's invitation to visit the brothel?
6. Does George's dream seem any
more realistic now? Explain.
7. What comparisons does Candy make
between his own condition and his dog's? How does this relate to the idea of
responsibility (mercy killing)?
8. What does Lennie's fight with
Curley show the ranch hands? What does the description of this fight suggest
about the nature of violence?
9. Give and analyze two examples of
foreshadowing.
CHAPTER 4
Comprehension
1. Name four of the possessions that Crooks has in his room.
2. What does Crooks say happens to a guy if he gets too lonely?
3. What does Crooks offer in return for joining George, Lennie, and Candy on the dream
farm?
4. What is Crooks’ reaction to the threats of Curley’s wife?
5. What does Curley’s wife say is her husband’s main topic of conversation?
6. At the end of this chapter, what has Candy to make George angry?
CHAPTER 5
Comprehension
1. What did Lennie do to the puppy?
2. In what ways does Lennie show that he is confused and nervous?
3. When Curley’s wife asks Lennie why he likes rabbits so much, what is his response?
4. What reason does Curley’s wife give Lennie for wanting to talk to him?
5. Where does Lennie go right after he kills Curley’s wife?
6. Whom does Candy blame for the murder?
7. Why is Candy so angry at what has happened?
CHAPTER 6
Comprehension
1. While he is waiting for George in the clearing, what two hallucinations does Lennie have?
2. What does George tell Lennie to calm him down before he shoots him?
3. How do Curley and Carlson assume that Lennie met his death?
4. Why did George lie to the others about what really happened?
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