Of Mice & Men - Chapter 3 (2nd half)

Whit tells George about "Suzy's Place". What is that?

• Whit's Aunt's house

• A restaurant

• A brothel

• A bar

Who does Curley think is hanging around his wife?

• Crooks

• Carlson

• Lennie

• Slim

George says to Lennie, again, if there are any fights here, you stay out of it. What is this signaling to the reader?

• George is preparing Lennie for a fight

• Foreshadowing: Something bad is to come.

• Lennie is violent

• An example of characterization

George and Lennie are working to save up their money to buy their own home and ranch, this is their dream. Who offers to help them buy this place?

• Candy

• Slim

• Whit

• Lennie

Why is Candy so eager to help George and Lennie buy this new place?

• Just look at what they did to his old dog, he thinks he's next

• He can't handle the mistreatment from Curley

• He's worried Curley's wife is going to get him fired

• He has always dreamed of owning his own ranch

After Curley apologizes to Slim for accusing him of hanging around his wife, who does he start to bother next?

• Lennie

• George

• Candy

• Carlson

After Carlson threatens him and calls him a punk, who does Curley go after next?

• Crooks

• George

• Lennie

• Candy

Curley begins to brutally attack Lennie, who cries out for George's help. George instructs Lennie to "give it to 'em". What does Lennie do?

• Breaks both of Curley's knees

• Crushes every bone in Curley's hand

• Runs away

• Refuses to fight back and gets severely beaten

George, afraid he and Lennie will lose their jobs again, looks to Slim for help. What does Slim make Curley promise?

• To lie, and tell everyone he got his hand stuck in a machine.

• To lie, and say one of the horses stomped on his hand

• To lie, and say that Whit is the one responsible for breaking his hand

• He tries to get Curley to promise not to say anything, but Curley refuses.

Lennie's only concern after all of this is said and done is...

• He has no concerns, he's happy with his actions

• If Curley's going to come after him again

• If they're going to lose their jobs

• If he's still allowed to tend the rabbits