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40 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote the book 'of mice and men'? |
John Steinbeck |
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What are the two main themes of Mice and Men? |
Loneliness and dreams |
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What are the symbols in of Mice of Men |
Lennie's puppy George and Lennie's farm house Candy's dog |
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What is the meaning of Lennies puppy? |
The difference between strong and weak |
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What is the meaning of George and Lennie farm? |
Protection, hope, freedom and brings people together |
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What is the meaning of Candy's dog? |
Family and friendship |
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What is loneliness on the ranch? |
Is it like a disease. Everyone isolates themselves. As they know that they are on the ranch to work, not to make friends. They will have to move to a different ranch soon so you don't have chance to make a proper friend. |
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Why is George lonely? |
He is lonely as he does not have a proper family. But he will be lonely without Lennie. |
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Why is Lennie lonely? |
He is innocent as Lennie does not feel lonely as he knows he has George. |
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Why is Curley lonely? |
He is isolated from everyone as he is the bosses son. Nobody likes him, even his wife doesn't like him. |
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Why is Curley's wife lonely? |
She is the only woman on the ranch, she has nobody to talk to. She doesn't like Curley. Curley makes her stay in the house all alone. |
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Why is Crooks lonely? |
He is lonely and isolated, due to his colour. As racism at this time was terrible. He is discriminated by his colour. Not allowing him to live in the bunkhouse or work with the other ranch hands. He has no friends or family. |
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What is George's dream? |
To get a farmhouse with a couple of acres, and to share it with Lennie. He knows where he can buy the farmhouse from. |
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What is Lennie's dream? |
To get a farmhouse with a couple of acres, and to share it with George. He wants to tend some rabbits. |
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What is Curley's wife dream? |
To become a film star. |
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What is Crooks dream? |
Too be equal to everyone else. |
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What is Candy's dream? |
To share George and Lennie's dream. He has savings to make this dream possible. |
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What does "Soledad" mean in Spanish? |
Loneliness |
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What are the two quotes to represent Lennie? |
"Strong as a bull" "He's just like a kid" |
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What is a quote to represent Crooks? |
"Stinks" |
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What is a quote to represent Curley's wife? |
"rattrap" |
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What are the two quotes to represent George? |
"Your smart and Lennie dumb" "If I was alone I could live so easy" |
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What is a quote to represent Curley? |
" Glove of Vaseline" |
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Why did Lennie and George run away from Weed? |
Lennie likes to touch soft items. He touched a woman dress. She screamed, so Lennie got confused and held tighter. She ran away and her dress ripped. Men with dogs chased after George and Lennie. |
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What did Lennie get off Slim? |
Puppy |
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Why did Curley attack Lennie, and what did Lennie do? |
Curley attacked Lennie as Lennie was laughing at him. Lennie did not know what to do, Curley kept on hitting Lennie. On George's command, Lennie crushes Curley's hand. |
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What did Slim say to tell people if they asked about his hand? |
That he got it caught in the machine. |
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Who got involved with George and Lennie's dream? |
Crooks and Candy. |
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Who tries to bully Candy, Crooks and Lennie , and what did this person do? |
Curley's wife. As she thinks that he can intimidate them as they don't know what to say or do to her. She uses the only little power she has got, to have a go a the three men. |
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Why does Crooks get put back in his place? |
As Curley's wife uses the little power she has got. She says I can get you lynched which means hanged. So Crooks stays quiet. |
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Where did all the lads including George and Curley? |
They went to Sueie's which was a whore house. |
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By Curley going to a whore house how does this make Curley's wife feel even more lonely? |
Curley is meant to be married to her. This shows that there is no love between them. If he loved her he would not go. This shows that Curley has no respect for his wife, it shows he just uses her. It shows their relationship is unstable. It makes her think that she could of had a better life by being a film star. |
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What happens at the end of book in the barn? |
Lennie kills his puppy by petting it to hard. Curley wife allows Lennie to touch her hair. He likes it to much that he holds on tight. She screams and Lennie snaps her neck. Not knowing his own strength. |
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What is the gun called what George uses to kill Lennie? |
Lugar |
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How does George kill Lennie? |
He shots him in the back of his head. Whilst telling Lennie about their dream. So Lennie dies happily. |
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Why does George kill Lennie? |
If Curley got Lennie, he would of lynched him. Or torcher him until he died. George did not want his to happen to Lennie. George killed Lennie for Lennie benefit. |
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Why was the American dream over when Lennie got killed? |
As the dream involved Lennie. Without Lennie it would not be the same. George of lost his job so he would not be with Candy any longer. |
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How is loneliness hide between George and Lennie? |
They have a strong bond between each other. They are like brothers. They are always their for each other. |
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Who is most respected on the ranch? |
Slim |
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What was happening at the time the book was written? |
The Wall Street Crash. Which was known as the great depression. |
