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Answer the questions from Ch. 5 of Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
 
  1. What happens to Lennie's puppy? How does Lennie feel about it?
  2. Why does Curley's wife talk to Lennie in the barn? How is the conversation similar to when Crooks talked to him? What do you learn about her background?
  3. Why does Curley's wife let Lennie pat her hair? Why does she end up screaming? How is this like what happened with Lennie before?
  4. Why does Lennie get angry with Curley's wife and kill her?
  5. How is Curley's wife discovered? Does Candy feel sorry for the dead woman? Do you feel sorry for her?
  6. What does George mean when he tells Candy, "I think I knowed we'd never do her"?
  7. What plan does George come up with after Candy finds the body? Why?
  8. Why do Slim and George agree, "I guess we gotta get (Lennie)"?
  9. What is Curley's immediate reaction to the murder? Why does Curley want George along?

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Answer the questions from Ch. 6 of Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
  1. How is the setting at the opening of this final chapter like that of the first scene in the story?
  2. Why has Lennie come to this clearing? What is he imagining? Why is he having these hallucinations about the old woman and the rabbit?
  3. What is George's mood when he first finds Lennie? Why doesn't he yell at Lennie?
  4. How does Lennie know that it is a good time to "trick" George into telling a story? Why does the storytelling usually give both of them pleasure?
  5. How does George distract Lennie while he takes out the gun? Where does the gun come from?
  6. Why does George kill Lennie? Do you think he is doing the right thing? How is the killing of Lennie like the killing of Candy's dog?
  7. How does Slim offer comfort to George?
  8. How does George lie about the circumstances of Lennie's killing? What would happen if he told the truth?

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Answer the questions from Ch. 4 of Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
 
  1. What is Crook's bunk like? What does it show you about him?
  2. Why doesn't Crooks want Lennie to come into his room? Why does he change his mind?
  3. Why does Crooks tell Lennie so much about himself? What do you learn about his past?
  4. How does Crooks scare Lennie with his talk? Why? Is he afraid of Lennie? Does he regret frightening Lennie?
  5. Why does Candy come into Crook's room? Why is Crooks pleased to have visitors?
  6. Why does Curley's wife come to Crook's room? Where are all the other men? What kind of life does she want?
  7. Why does Curley's wife insult Candy, Lennie, and Crooks? How does crooks stand up to her at first? how does he back down, and why? For which of these people do you feel sorry?
  8. Why is George angry with Lennie and Candy when he finds them in Crooks' room? How do you think Crooks feels when Candy protests that he didn't tell nobody but Crooks?
  9. How does Crooks offer to help out on the place they are planning to get? Why does Crooks withdraw the offer?

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Answer the questions from Ch. 3 of Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
 
  1. Why does Slim call Lennie a cuckoo? Why does George correct him? How does Slim feel about the friendship between George and Lennie?
  2. What was the last prank George played on Lennie? Why was it the last he'll ever play?
  3. What further details do we learn about the incident in Weed? How do we find out?
  4. Where does Lennie get the pup? How does George know that Lennie has brought the pup into the bunkhouse? Why doesn't he let the puppy stay?
  5. What game do several of the men play outdoors? How good is Crooks? Is Carlson jealous?
  6. Why does Whit want Slim to read the magazine? What is Carlson up to?
  7. Why do you think Candy allowed Carlson to kill his dog? Should he have done it himself? Should he have refused to have it done? 
  8. Why do the men like Susy's place? Why is it better than Clara's?
  9. How does Lennie end up hurting Curley? Was George giving good advice when he told Lennie to fight back? Is Curley's wife to blame for the fight?

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Answer the questions to Ch. 2 of Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
 
  1. Why is the new boss angry before George and Lennie arrive? Do you think George and Lennie are worried about angering their new boss?
  2. Why isn't George happy with his bunk? How does Candy reassure him? Do you believe Candy?
  3. Who was Smitty? How did he treat the Black worker with the crooked back at Christmas? Do you feel sympathy for the Black man? Does Candy?
  4. What is the boss like? Why doesn't Lennie answer him? How does the boss feel about Lennie's mental slowness?
  5. What is Curley like? How does he rub George the wrong way from the start? what does George mean, "What's he got on his shoulder? (p. 29)"
  6. Why does Candy say that Curley's "pants is full of ants" (p. 31)? How do Curley and his new bride get along?
  7. Why is Curley's wife "suddenly apprehensive" when she finds out he was gone into the bunkhouse (p. 35)? What do George and Lennie think of her? Why does Lennie mention she is pretty?
  8. Who is Slim? How is he different from the others? How does he treat George and lennie? How is his opinion of their friendship different from Curley's opinion?
  9. (p. 41) What is Curley thinking as he looks George over? Why is he so pugnacious?

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Answer the nine questions for Ch. 1 from Of Mice and Men. Due at the beginning of class.
  1. What is the setting as the novel begins? What is happening?
  2. What is George like? What is Lennie like?
  3. What sort of relationship do these two seem to have? Why do you think they are together?
  4. Where are George and Lennie going? Where have they come from? Why are they camping out?
  5. What does Lennie have in his pocket? Why? Why do you suppose George won't let him keep it? How did George know that Lennie went to look for it? Why do you suppose Lennie always killed the mice Aunt Clara gave him?
  6. What do you learn about what happened to make George and Lennie leave weed?
  7. Why does George get angry with Lennie (p. 12)? Why does Lennie tell George he wouldn't eat any ketchup if it were there (p. 13)? How do you think he would do on his own?
  8. What story does Lennie like to hear over and over again?
  9. What does George coach Lennie to do if there is trouble? Why?

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All note cards and source cards are due at the beginning of your class period today. You should have the note cards and source cards in separate packs (each pack encircled with a rubber band). Place a card on the top of each pack with your name on it.

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Write a five paragraph persuasive essay utilizing the elements and structure we have discussed, while following the format of a traditional essay (Introduction paragraph, three body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph). Ensure proper use of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure when writing. The focus of this essay is to provide three careers that you are interested in researching. The essay should be organized with the career you would like to research the most discussed in the first body paragraph, then your second choice, and so on. I will be choosing the career you will be assigned to research. Remember that no student will be researching the same career, so if you want your first choice, be persuasive.