1.What
is George thanking Slim for in the beginning of this chapter?
2.When
did George stop making fun of, and playing jokes on, Lennie?
3.What
additional details does George provide about what happened in Weed? What does
he say about Lennie’s involvement?
4.What
does Slim find unusual about unusual about George and Lennie’s relationship?
Which other characters have had similar reactions? Why do they feel they way
they do?
5.Discuss
with your group why YOU think George travels with Lennie.
6.How
does Carlson explain to Candy how he will shoot his dog? What is Candy’s
reaction to Carlson’s plan? How does he finally react after Carlson completes
his task?
7.What
additional details does George provide about his and Lennie’s plans for their
own place?
8.What
offer does Candy make to George and Lennie?
9.What
does he think will happen to him if he stays on the boss’s farm? Do you agree?
10.Why
does Curley come after Lennie? Hoe does Lennie respond at first?
11.What
does George tell him to do, and what is the result?
12.When
Curley picks a fight with Lennie, what does Lennie eventually do to Curley that
essentially stops the fight?
13.What
story does Slim feed to Curley about what happened to his hand?
14.Why
does Curley accept these terms?
