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Question 1

titles significance

Answer 1

Robert Burns poem
how we should tolerate all forms of life no matter how big or small
prioritize the outsider
even the best plans go wrong

Question 2

Lennie Small

Answer 2

mentally handicapped migrant worker
very string and large 
he enjoys petting soft things
he dreams of the ranch with george
small minded 
irony: he is actually very large

Question 3

George Milton

Answer 3

migrant worker who cares and helps Lennie.
takes responsibility for lennies actions
based off of milton from paradise lost

Question 4

Slim

Answer 4

Leader of the mule team
respected
helps george
is understanding of george’s decision to kill lennie

Question 5

Candy

Answer 5

old handyman with only one hand

afraid to lose his job because of his age he becomes a part of the ranch dream

Question 6

Crooks

Answer 6

black stable worker
symbol of racial injustice
isolated because of his race
wants to be a part of the dream but realizes he will never escape prejudice

Question 7

Carlson

Answer 7

insensitive and indifferent ranch worker

kills candy’s dog

Question 8

Curley

Answer 8

son of the ranch owner
small guy who picks fights with big guys
lennies enemy

Question 9

Curley wife

Answer 9

curley possession
provokes ranch workers
lennie is fascinated by her
she dreamt of being a hollywood star

Question 10

exposition

Answer 10

starting point if the novel contains setting, important characters, and the inciting incident

Question 11

rising action

Answer 11

series of complications (conflicts)

Question 12

turning point

Answer 12

a significant change occurs in the narrative leading towards the climax

Question 13

climax

Answer 13

highest point of action

Question 14

falling action

Answer 14

series of events occurring after the climax

Question 15

conclusion

Answer 15

the resolution that ties up most loose ends

Question 16

how to evaluate characters

Answer 16

actions 
what they say 
what others say about them
thoughts 
direct description
nickname or name

Question 17

setting

Answer 17

time
place
circumstance

Question 18

point of view of OF MICE AND MEN

Answer 18

third person omniscient limited

Question 19

exposition omam

Answer 19

Salinas valley
mostly the ranch
1930s
g and l are travelling looking for work 
received work cards from murray and readys

Question 20

initiating incident OMAM

Answer 20

hook is the incident in weed

intrigued by the possibility of the trouble lennie could cause and they’re dream/utopia

Question 21

main characters

Answer 21

lennie: drives the conflict and the ply revolves mostly around his troubles. he is static
george: dynamic character. has to face the consequence of lennies actions. the plot ends with his decision to euthanize lennie

Question 22

turning point OMAM

Answer 22

when lennie unintentionally kills cutlets wife

Question 23

climax

Answer 23

george reuniting with lennie. the reader is waiting for george’s decision

Question 24

falling action OMAM

Answer 24

after lennie is euthanized the men arrive. george makes up a lie about wrestling the gun out of lennies hands and killed him.

Question 25

conclusion

Answer 25

slim consoles george and tells him he had no better choice

the novel ends in tragedy since the death of innocence symbolizes the loss of their dream/hope