Of Mice and Men - Section 3

Question 1

“Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunk-house, inside it was ____.”

Answer 1

Dusk - could the light in the novel be pathetic fallacy?

Question 2

“Maybe he ain’t bright, but I never seen such a worker.” Who says this, and about whom?

Answer 2

Slim says this about Lennie.

Question 3

“Funny how you and him string along together.” Who says this about George and Lennie’s relationship?

Answer 3

Slim.

Question 4

“I hardly never seen two guys travel together.” Who says this?

Answer 4

Slim.

Question 5

What explanation does George give for how he met Lennie?

Answer 5

He used to know Aunt Clara, a woman who raised Lennie. After he death, Lennie began working with George.

Question 6

How did George used to bully Lennie?

Answer 6

He told Lennie to jump in the Sacramento River. Lennie nearly drowned, and they had to pull him out. Lennie didn’t remember that George was the one who told him to jump in in the first place.

Question 7

“I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good.” Who says this about ranch life?

Answer 7

George.

Question 8

What does George confess to Slim?

Answer 8

What happened to George and Lennie in Weed.

Question 9

Lennie comes into the bunkhouse after George’s conversation with Slim. What is he trying to smuggle in?

Answer 9

The new puppy Slim gave him.

Question 10

“God Awmighty that dog stinks. Get him outa here Candy!” Who first proposes shooting Candy’s dog?

Answer 10

Carlson.

Question 11

“I been around him so long I never notice how much he _____.” What does Candy say about his dog?

Answer 11

Stinks.

Question 12

What reasons does Candy give for why he doesn’t want the dog shot?

Answer 12

“I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup.”

Question 13

“That dog ain’t no good to himself. I wisht somebody’d shoot me if I get old and a cripple.” Who says this?

Answer 13

Slim.

Question 14

Whit enters the bunkhouse and shows Slim a letter written by William Tenner - what is its significance?

Answer 14

Bill Tenner is a ranch hand who used to work on the ranch - it is an example of somebody from that life achieving some (limited) success.

Question 15

“He lay on his bunk and crossed his arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling.” Who does this, and why?

Answer 15

Candy - he has just lost the argument about shooting the dog.

Question 16

Who takes Candy’s dog out to be shot?

Answer 16

Carlson.

Question 17

“Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like her.” Who says this?

Answer 17

George.

Question 18

Where does Whit invite George to?

Answer 18

Susy’s cat house.

Question 19

Why is Susy’s cat house better than Clara’s?

Answer 19

Cheaper whisky, cleaner girls and you can just sit and drink without being rushed to have a “flop”.

Question 20

What type of gun does Carlson use to shoot the dog?

Answer 20

Luger.

Question 21

“His voice was growing warmer.” Whose voice, and why?

Answer 21

George’s - he is getting lost in retelling the dream.

Question 22

“It’d be our own, and nobody could can us.” Who says this about the dream farm?

Answer 22

George.

Question 23

Who offers to put $350 towards George and Lennie’s dream in this section?

Answer 23

Candy.

Question 24

“They’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunk houses they’ll put me on the county.” Who says this about their future?

Answer 24

Candy.

Question 25

“Jesus Christ! I bet we could swing her!” Who says this, and what are they talking about?

Answer 25

George - the group will have enough money to make an offer on the farm at the end of the month.

Question 26

What regret does Candy express to George in this section?

Answer 26

“I ought to of shot that dog myself George.”

Question 27

Curley enters the bunkhouse, and steps over to a smiling Lennie. How does he move, and why is Lennie smiling?

Answer 27

Curley stepped over “like a terrier” and Lennie is still “smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch.”

Question 28

Curley begins to fight Lennie - he is a dirty fighter, but how do we know?

Answer 28

He attacks Lennie’s face and eyes, and attacks his stomach to cut off his wind.

Question 29

Lennie begins to fight back against Curley, and the “next minute…”

Answer 29

“Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.”

Question 30

After the fight, “Slim straightened up and regarded Lennie with ________.” How does Slim look at Lennie?

Answer 30

With horror.

Question 31

What does Slim convince Curley to say about his injured hand?

Answer 31

That it was caught in a machine.