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72 Cards in this Set
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Lennie's partner
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George
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Aunt Clara's nephew
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Lennie
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Old swamper
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Candy
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isolated figure; reads books
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Crooks
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jerkline skinner
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Slim
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boss' son
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Curley
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ex-boxer
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curley
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flirt; dreams of a Hollywood career
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Curley's wife
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"prince of the ranch"
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Slim
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simple-minded giant
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Lennie
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"With us it ain't like that. We got a future
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George
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"...you want I should go away and leave you alone?... I could go off in the hills there. Some place I'l find a cave"
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Lennie
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"Ain't many guys travel around together. I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other"
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Slim
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"guy dn't need no sense to be a nice fella...Take a real smart guy and he ain't hardly ever a nice fella"
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Slim
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"He ain't not good t you... An' he ain't no good to himself. Why'n't you shoot him.....?
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Carlson
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"A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the fuy is, as long's he's with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick
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Crooks
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"Aw, nuts! What kinda harm am I doin' to you? Seems like they ain't non of them cares how I gotta live. I tell yo I ain't used to livin' like this
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Curley's wife
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"It wasn't nothing. You guys comin' in an' settin' made me forget. What she says is true."
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Crooks
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"I'm going to get him. I'm going for my shotgun. I'll kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself."
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Curley
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"It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little piece an'live off the fat of the lan."
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Lennie
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The river described in the opening of the book is the
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Salina
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The riverbank is described as being very
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peaceful
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George does not trust Lennie to carry his own
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work card
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George and Lennie previously
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worked on a ranch in Weed
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If George leaves Lennie, Lennie says he will live
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in a cave
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When George send Lennie for firewood, Lennie returns with a dead
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mouse
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George tells Lennie that if he didn't have Lennie to take care of, he'd be
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happy
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Lennie and George were forced to flee Weed because Lennie tried to
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feel a girl's dress
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According to George, ranch hands are the
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loneliest men in the world
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George says he and Lennie are different from other ranch hands becuase they have
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a future
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Lennie is anxious to have a farm where he can raise
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rabbits
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According to George's instructions, if Lennie gets in trouble, he is to
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hide in the brush
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George and Lennie arrive late for their new jobs because
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the bus driver tells them to get off at the wrong place
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When the boss gets mad, he takes it out on
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the stable buck
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The stable buck has a
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crooked back
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Crooks has his own quarters in the barn because he
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is black
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Curley wears a
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glove on one hand
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Curley like to pick on men who are
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large
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Lennie thinks Curley's wife is
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pretty
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Lennie makes George promis to ask Slim for a
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pup
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Slim says he is impressed with Lennie's
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honesty
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George quit playing jokes on Lennie when he almost caused Lennie to
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drown
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Lennie's reaction when something that he pets resists is to
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hold on tight
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George tell Whit that he and Lennie are working in order to
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buy a farm
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Gerprge briefly suspects that Curley's wife is having an affair with
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Slim
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George has a farm in mind that is for sale for
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$600
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Candy says that the dog should have been shot by
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himself
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Lennie crushes Curley's
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hand
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Slim insists that Curley blame his injury on
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a machinery accident
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Crook's is a
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proud man
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Lennie tells Crooks about
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the plan for the farm
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Crooks envies Lennie because he has
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George
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After Lennie, Candy, and Crooks are interrupted by the entrance of Curley's wife, she flirts with
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Lennie
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Curley's wife threatens to frame
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Crooks
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George disapproves of Candy and Lennie's telling Crooks about the
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farm
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On the ranch, Lennie accidentally kills a
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puppy
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Lennie is afraid to talk to Curley's wife because he fears the anger of
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George
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Curley's wife believes that her husband is injured by
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Lennie
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Lennie tells Curley's wife that he likes to stroke things that are
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soft
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Curley's wife invites Lennie to stroke her
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hair
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After killing Curley's wife, Lennie tries to
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hide the body
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Lennie leaves the barn to
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hide by the river
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In death, Curley's wife appears
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innocent
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Curley's wife's body is discovered by
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Candy
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Immediately after the killing, George believes that Lennie should be
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locked up
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Candy blames the loss of his dream on
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Curley's wife
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Curley insists that Lennie must be
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killed
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Carlson claims that his gun has been stolen by
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Lennie
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While he is waiting for George, Lennie imagines that he receives a scolding from
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Aunt Clara
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Before he kills Lennie, George tells him that he
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is not mad at him
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The only person who seems to understand why George kills Lennie is
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Slim
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The major theme of this story concerns
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human loneliness and frustration
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