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Chapter Four | Study Guide

Of Mice and Men
Directions: As you read, fill out this study guide. It will help you as you make sense of the plot
and organize your comprehension of what is going on in the story. You will have an occasional
reading check. If you fill out these questions in addition to the discussion questions assigned with
each reading, you will have the upper hand. I will select reading check questions directly from
the guided reading questions on this study guide. You do NOT have to use complete sentences.

Part One | Vocabulary:

1.

Indignation:

2.

Belligerent:

3.

Aloof:

4.

Fawning:

5.

Apprehension:

6.

Crestfallen:

7.

Hegemony:

8.

Synopsis:

9.

Postulate:

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Ideology:

11.

Pragmatic:

12.

Vernacular:

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Capital:

Part Two | Guided Reading Questions:

1. What are the two books that Crooks owns?
2. How does Crooks react to Lennie when he comes to visit?

3. For what reason did Lennie come to the barn?

4. Where is George?
5. What do we learn about Crooks family?

6. What did Lennie tell Crooks, even though he should not have?

7. What is Crooks opinion of George and Lennies desire to get their own land?

8. Why did Candy come to the barn and what did he want to talk to Lennie about?
9. According to Crooks, where is Georges money going?
10.

Who visits Crooks, Candy, and Lennie?

11.

What do we learn about Curleys wife?

12.

Before Curleys wife leaves, what does she notice about Lennie?

13.

What does Curleys wife say she could have done to Crooks?

14.

How does Crooks respond to what Curleys wife says?

15.

What is the last thing Crooks says to Candy?

16.

How does the chapter end? What is Crooks putting on his back?

Part Three | Paragraph Response. Write a paragraph responding to the following

question. Be sure to use at least two quotes to support your answer.
17. How is the theme of loneliness developed in this chapter? Think about the
characters: Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curleys wife when formulating your
response.