Review for the Unit Test

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Review for the Unit Test

• For Of Mice and Men

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Characters

• Candy
• Carlson
• Crooks
• Curly
• Curlys wife

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Characters

• George
• Lennie
• Slim

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Setting

• Of Mice and Men is set during the Great
  Depression (in the 1930s)
• The action takes place in the Salinas River
  Valley in California.

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Questions to Consider

• What is the one thing that Lennie remembers when
  he forgets everything else?
• What does George tell Lennie to do if he gets in
  trouble again?
• Candy, the old swamper, is missing which limb?

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Questions to Consider

• 4. What evidence does the old swamper give that
  the ranch boss is a pretty nice fella?
• 5. Why does Curley attack Lennie in the bunk
  house?
• 6. Why does Curley agree not to get Lennie fired
  for crushing his hand?

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Questions to Consider

• 7. Why was Crooks able to accumulate more
  possessions than the other workers?
• 8. Why doesnt Curleys wife like to talk to her
  husband?
• 9. Why did Curleys wife marry him?

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Questions to Consider

• 10. Who first discovers that Curleys wife is
  dead?
• 11. The death of Candys dog is a great example
  of foreshadowing. Which event does this prepare
  us for?
• 12. Describe the dream that George and Lennie
  share for their future. Why is it so important
  for both men?

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Questions to Consider

• 13. Describe what happened that forced George and
  Lennie to run away from Weed.
• 14. Describe Curleys wife. What do her actions
  tell you about her character?
• 15. How does Candy react to the death of Curleys
  wife?

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Questions to Consider

• 16. Why did George kill Lennie and was he
  justified in doing that?