Last: ___________________ Student Name: __________________________________ Of Mice and Men​
: Ch. 2 Review Questions Directions​
. Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. You do not need to copy the questions.​
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Objective​
: to recognize imagery in the setting, analyze the protagonists’ physical and mental traits, define “foil” and apply the term to the main characters, to articulate the following parts of chapter 1­2: foreshadowing, conflict, themes of hope and friendship, isolation, discrimination & prejudice; and answer recall, analysis, and evaluation questions about chapter 1. 1. a) Why is the new boss angry before George and Lennie arrive? (b) How does the reader find out? c) Do you think George and Lennie are worried about angering their new boss? 2. a) Why isn’t George happy with his bunk? b) How does Candy reassure him? c) Do you believe Candy? Why or why not? 3. a) Who was Smitty? b) How did he treat the stable buck with the crooked back at Christmas? c) Do you feel sympathy for the stable buck? Does Candy? Explain. 4. a) What is the boss like? b) Why doesn’t Lennie answer him? c) How does the boss feel about Lennie’s mental slowness? 5. a) What is Curley like? b) How does he rub George the wrong way from the start? c) What does George mean, “What’s he got on his shoulder?” (29)? 6. a) Why does Candy say that Curley’s “pants is full of ants” (31)? b) How do Curley and his new bride get along? 7. a) Why is Curley’s wife “suddenly apprehensive” when she finds out he has gone into the house? (35). b) What do George and Lennie think of her? c) Why does Lennie mention “defensively” (35) that she is pretty? 8. a) Who is Slim? What is he like? b) How is he different from the others? c) How does he treat George and Lennie? d) How is his opinion of their friendship different from Curley’s opinion? 9. Curley’s “eyes flashed over George, took in his height, measured his reach, looked at his trim middle” (41). a) What is Curley thinking? b) Why do you suppose he is so pugnacious? (pugnacious= ​
eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight) 10. Prediction: a) Will George tangle with Curley? b) What might Candy do with his old dog? 11. Author’s Craft: ​
Foreshadowing ​
is a hint or suggestion of something that will happen later in a story. What might be foreshadowed by the scene where George warns Lennie that Curley’s wife is a trouble­maker? 12. Get­to­Know­You Question: What do you do for fun in your free time? Explain and give example in a complete sentence. 13. Opinion: How do you feel about older people? about getting old? Explain in a complete sentence. (1pt) Vocabulary Review Create a word map for 5 of the following words. Use the space on the next page. . bunk house 19 whitewashed 19 ticking 19 (noun, not v) vials 19 swamper 20 graybacks 20 skeptically 21 liniment 21 cultivator 24 bale 24 mollified 27 calculating 28 pugnacious 28 gingerly 28 lashed 28 levelly 28 cockier 30 derogatory 30 solitaire 31 jerkline 31 flounced 32 plaintively 32 mourned 33 trace 33 bridled 34 brusquely 35 archly 35 apprehensive 35 defensively 35 disengage 36 majesty 37 gravity 37 Last: ___________________ skinner 22 relish 22 stocky 23 Stetson hat 23 lightweight 29 scrappy 29 ominously 29 slough 30 decisive 33 contorted 33 mules 34 nasal 34 complacently 38 mused 38 triangle 40 (an item) dignity 40 Word map example: (for words that have no antonyms, students can provide a picture or symbol that captures the word’s meaning)