Of Mice and Men, Chapters 5+6

protagonist

• Secondary characters

• The character who challenges the hero

• The main character

• Another name for the narrator

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Who is/are the protagonist(s)?

• Curley's wife

• George and Lennie

• Candy

• Slim

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

personification

• Attributing human characteristics to non-living things

• Ideas represented by objects

• Language that appeals to the senses

• To make a guess based on clues in the text

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What day and time is it at the beginning of chapter 5?

• Monday afternoon

• Sunday afternoon

• Friday morning

• Saturday afternoon

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is Lennie doing in the barn by himself?

• Playing with the puppy

• Petting his dead mouse

• Playing with a rabbit

• Petting his dead puppy

Why does Lennie think that he might not get to tend the rabbits?

• Because he killed Curley's wife.

• Because he killed the puppy.

• Because he got on Crook's bad side.

• Because he forgot to wake Candy up.

Who visits Lennie in the barn?

• Crooks

• Curley

• Candy

• Curley's wife

According to Curley’s wife, why isn’t anyone going to leave the horseshoe tournament?

• Because they just finished working.

• Because they're gambling.

• Because they're drunk.

• Because the boss is playing too.

According to Curley’s wife, how come she didn’t get into show business?

• Her mother wanted to live off her success.

• She never gave a man in the business her home address.

• She was told she didn't have talent.

• Her mother wouldn't let her; she was 15.

What can we infer is the reason Curley’s wife married Curley?

• Curley offered her mother $500 to marry her.

• She got pregnant.

• She wanted to get away from her mother.

• Curley was the only unmarried man in town.