<p>Of Mice and Men Chapter 2 Worksheet:</p><p>Words to Know: Abruptly: suddenly Apprehensively: anxious, uneasy Archly: slyly Bridled: took offense Complacently: content Contorted: twisted Derogatory: deliberately offensive Dousing: soaking Flounced: moved impatiently Gravity: seriousness Grizzled: streaked with gray Intently: focused Laden: burdened Liniment: soothing balm/cream Mollified: soothed Ominously: threateningly, in a way that bodes evil Plaintively: mournfully Precede: go before Pugnacious: warlike—inclined to fight Scoff: to mock Scowled: frown angrily Scrappy: quarrelsome Skeptically: doubtful Slough: to cast off Vials: bottles</p><p>Literary Terms and Examples: Irony: ______Example from text: ______Idiom: ______Example from text: ______Minor Character: ______Example from text: ______</p><p>Comprehension Questions: Answer fully and in complete sentences. 1. Why is the boss angry with George and Lennie? 2. How does the old man describe the boss? 3. When the boss is talking to George about their work, George speaks for himself and Lennie. What does the boss suspect is going on between George and Lennie? What is George's response? 4. Why does George not let Lennie speak to the boss? 5. What is ironic about Lennie's last name? 6. Who is Curley? What does it mean that he is handy? 7. What kind of person does Curley seem to be? Justify your answers. 8. Why does Curley react the way he does towards Lennie? 9. What does the reader learn about Curley's wife? Why might this be important to the story? 10. What does George warn Lennie about? Where does he tell him to go? 11. Why doe George get angry at Lennie after Curley's wife leaves? 12. How is Slim described? </p><p>Themes: Friendship: ______Loneliness: ______</p><p>Gist: Outline the Chapter Beginning: ______Turning Point: ______Conclusion: ______</p><p>Task: Look at the 3 times George and Lennie are questioned about why they travel together, each time George tells a different story. Also we learn information about the person who questions them and what they are like.</p><p>1st time: ______2nd time: ______3rd time: ______</p>