
Dreams in Of Mice and Men
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Emily Seiser
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6 Slides • 11 Questions
1
Multiple Choice
What is Crooks doing when Lennie enters his room?
Fixing a harness.
Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.
Reading the California Civil Code for 1905.
Rubbing liniment on his back.
2
Multiple Choice
When Crooks asks Lennie why he is in the barn at night, Lennie states, “I come to see my pup” (69). Yet he stays in Crooks’ doorway, even after Crooks says he is not welcome and tells him to go back to the bunk-house. The most likely reason Lennie doesn’t leave is that…
Lennie is hiding from Curley.
Candy made Lennie angry by threatening to harm the rabbits.
George is in town with the men, and Lennie is lonely.
Crooks asked Lennie to help him treat a mule.
3
Multiple Choice
Crooks has two other visitors to his room that night. Which two people, besides Lennie, come into his room to talk?
Slim and the boss
Curley and Slim
Candy and Curley’s wife
Curley’s wife and Carlson
4
Multiple Choice
Which answer most accurately describes how Curley’s wife found out that Lennie broke Curley’s hand?
Crooks accidentally lets the information slip.
Candy tells her if she doesn’t watch out, Lennie will break her hand too.
Lennie answers her question honestly.
She sees the bruises on Lennie’s face and puts it together.
5
Multiple Choice
When Curley’s wife refuses to leave, Crooks threatens to tell the Boss where she’s been and “ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more” (80). Which answer best summarizes her reaction?
She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged.
She runs away from the ranch.
She meekly backs out of the harness room and returns to the house.
She cries to her father-in-law that the men don’t treat her kindly.
6
Multiple Choice
When Candy tells Crooks that what Curley’s wife said was wrong, Crooks replies, “It wasn’t nothing…You guys comin’ in and settin’ made me forget. What she says is true” (82). Which statement best summarizes what Crooks “forgot?”
He had chores to do that didn’t get done.
He already has a place to go when he can’t work at the ranch anymore.
He doesn’t like being around people with disabilities.
He will always be treated differently because of the color of his skin.
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Multiple Choice
Crooks angers Lennie by doing this.
Joking that George might never come back
Taking away his puppy
Telling Lennie he doesn't like him
Telling Lennie to go away and leave him alone
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As the novel progresses, we see each character's dream change.
Today we will analyze the following characters and how their dreams have changed throughout the story so far:
Lennie
George
Candy
Crooks
Curley's wife
10
Open Ended
Lennie and George have the same dream, but their view of it is different. How do their views/treatment of the idea of the dream differ?
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Lennie
"George, how long's it gonna be till we get that little place an' live on the fatta the lan'- an' rabbits?" (Steinbeck 56).
George
"This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. George said reverently, 'Jesus Christ! I bet we could swing her.' HIs eyes were full of wonder" (Steinbeck 60).
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12
Open Ended
How has Candy changed since joining Lennie and George's dream?
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(Steinbeck 74)
14
Open Ended
How does Crooks' dream change throughout chapter 4?
15
"If you...guys would want a hand to work for nothing- just his keep, why I'd come and lend a hand" (Steinbeck 76).
Middle
"I seen hunderds of men come by on the road.... and nobody gets no land" (Steinbeck 74).
Beginning
End
"I didn't mean it. Jus' foolin'. I wouldn' want to go to no place like that" (Steinbeck 83).
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" Well, a show come through, an' I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol' lady wouldn' let me. If I'd went, I wouldn't be livin' like this, you bet" (Steinbeck 88).
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Open Ended
Based off of page 88-89, what is Curley's wife's attitude towards her dream?
What is Crooks doing when Lennie enters his room?
Fixing a harness.
Putting tar on a mule’s hoof.
Reading the California Civil Code for 1905.
Rubbing liniment on his back.
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