Question: Who greeted George and Lennie at the bunkhouse? Why is the stable buck set apart from the other men?
Answer: Candy greeted them.
The stable buck like to read and likes to isolate himself from the other men.
Question: What unusual habits did Whitey have?
Answer: She was wearing gloves , dressing up on Sunday’s, and is obsessed with cleaning.
Question: Whom did the boss punish because George and Lennie were late? Why?
Answer: He punished the stable buck who was Crooks.
The boss was frustrated.
Question: Why does George answer all the questions directed towards Lennie?
Answer: Because Lennie says things that he shouldn’t and that George doesn’t want them to get in trouble.
Question: How does the boss react to George’s friendship with Lennie? Why is he suspicious of them?
Answer: The boss doesn’t like George and Lennie’s relationship because the boss thinks that George is hiding something.
Question: What excuse does George give for Lennie’s slowness?
Answer: His excuse for Lennie was that he was a hich in the head by a loss when he was hiding.
Question: How does Curley react to Lennie’s silence?
Answer: He got angry and annoyed; he thinks Lennie is being disrespectful.
Question: What does Curley think about George and Lennie traveling together?
Answer: That he doesn’t understand why two men would travel together.
Question: What does the swamper mean by the statement “Curley’s pretty handy”?
Answer: Because he is a good fighter and that he enjoys fighting; he was a boxer.
Question: What uneasy feeling does George have about Curley’s wife? Is Candy’s opinion of her justified? Why?
Answer: The men say, “has the eye that gets men in trouble.”
Candy’s opinion is that it is justified when it comes to the buck when flirting with the men.