| Who is Crooks | He is a stable buck He is disrespected African American He lives by himselfLives in a tool shed |
| What does Crooks say about Lennie and George’s dream | He at first doesn’t believe they story and then he realizes it when Lennie mentions that they do have money to buy land |
| What does Crooks want when he believe there actually might be land | he wants to join them and be apart of the dream |
| Why does Curley’s wife go to the barn | because she is lonely and she wants someone to talk to |
| Why did Lennie go to the barn | to visit his puppy |
| Why is Crooks not allowed in the bunk house | because he is African American |
| What does Crooks say to torment Lennie about | that George won’t come back from where him and the other went to |
| What does Curley’s wife guess | that Lennie and Curly go into a fight |
| What does Curley’s wife tell Crooks after she is asked to leave the barn | she threatens that she can have him lynched |
| Why did George and Lennie leave their job in weed | Lennie frightened a little girl |
| Why did Lennie break Curley’s hand | because Curley started a fight |
| Why does George take care of Lennie | he promised Lennie Aunt Clara he would |
| Why is Crooks jealous of Lennie and Georges friendship | he longs for such a friendship |
| Why does crooks become interested in Lennie’s dream of a farm | He sees it as a way of escaping his life on the ranch |
| George is a realist | he can read people and figure out if their is trouble, but he has his own dream about owning a ranch/ farm |
| Candy is weak and useless | he only has one hand, but he fears that he will loose his job and he saves money to help George and Lennie to make there dream come true of owning a ranch |
| George could live a better life without Lennie | he wouldn’t have to take care of anyone but, george wouldn’t have a friend |
| Curley is cocky and self- assured | he is confident and will fight someone bigger then him, but he is insecure about how small he is |
| Slim is trustworthy and unfailingly right | everyone trusts and respects him bit he doesn’t stand up for candy and his dog |
| Why does Crooks warm up to Lennie | he realizes Lennie is sincere |
| How does Crooks fill his loneliness | he reads books |
| How does Curley’s wife react to knowing what really happened to Curleys hand | she said that Curley deserved it |
| Why is Curley’s wife so bitter | she is not respected and she is in a bad marriage |
| Is curley’s wife happy in her marriage | no |
| What happens when George comes into the bunk house and candy admits that he and Lennie told crooks about the ranch | he is angry |
| Why does Curley’s wife threaten Crooks | because he asked her to leave the bunk house |
| What was Crooks offer to Candy and Lennie | to have him join them on the ranch so he can help out |
| What does Crook tell Lennie and Candy to forget | his offer to help on the farm and that he was kidding |
| When Curley’s wife see that Lennie’s face is bruised what does she think | that Lennie had gotten into a fight |
| Curley’s wife lives in a dream world | she is care free, but she doesn’t know what the real would is |
| Why does crooks have so many possessions | Because he has lived on the farm for many years and has collected many things |
| Why is crooks jealous if lennie and George’s friendship | because he wants a friendship like that ` |
| Crooks says that, just like Lennie and George he needs | he needs a companion |
| why does Crooks retreat back into silence | because curley’s wife threatens to have him lynched |
| Where did the other ranch hands go? | Suzy’s to drink and to play cards |
| How much poorer did the ranch hands come back with | $2.50 poorer |
Of Mice and Men Chapter 4
April 27, 2020