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| define bindle | a bundle,as of bedding, carried by a homeless person.
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| define jack(slang) | money
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| morosely | sad, sullen
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| pantomime | to act out an action w/o a voice.
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| droned | to repeat over and over in the same tone.
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| contemplated | to deeply think about a serious situation.
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| Soledad | a coastal california city about 130 miles south of San Fransico.
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| Salinas River | a river that flows north through Soledad and into Montrey Bay.
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| Weed | a northern California mining town.
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| watchin' that blackboard | employment agencies would post available jobs on a blackboard in front of their offices. prospective employees would watch the black board for any new jobs.
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| work cards | a job assignment from an employment agency would be written on a work card to be presented by the worker to the employer.
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| imply | to indicate indirectly( It is implied that Lennie is dumb by the way that he speaks.)
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| infer | to conclude by reasoning( the reader can infer the matter of Lennie's death)
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| exposition | the layout of a story(everything that happens)
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| setting | place and time of a story( California farming country )
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| point of view | whoever the narrator is(this book is 3rd omniscent)
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| Where did the bus drop the two men off? | Soledad( 10 miles from the ranch)
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| How is George descirbed? | small and quick, dark of face, restless and sharp eyes, slender.
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| How is Lennie described? | huge, shapeless of face, large pale eyes, sloped shoulders. dragged hands as if they were paws.
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| What does Lennie do with the water that makes him proud of himself? | he makes a rippling effect.
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| What does Lennie not have in his pocket? | his workcard
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| Why does Lennie not have his work card? | George has his workcard.
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| What does Lennie take out of his pocket that gets him yelled at by George? | A dead mouse.
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| What did Lennie want to do with this item? | pet the mouse
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| Where are George and Lennie going? | To the ranch in Soledad.
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| From where are George and Lennie coming from? | Weed, California.
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| When they get to where they are going, what does George tell Lennie not to do? | George tells Lennie not to say anything.
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| Why did George and Lennie leave the last place they were in ? | Their job was done, and Lennie got in trouble for touching a girl's dress because she screamed rape.
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| When Lennie goes out to get wood for a fire, what does he bring back that George had taken away? | His dead mouse
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| Who used to give Lennie mice? | His Aunt Clara
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| Why did she stop giving Lennie mice? | She realized he could not cotrol his strength and that he was killing them.
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| What does Lennie want with his dinner that they don't have? | Ketchup
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| What does George imply happened with the girl in Weed? | He touched a girl's red dress.
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| What dream do George and Lennie share? | To own a farm together with rabbits.
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| Where does George tell Lennie to go if he gets in trouble? | The brush where they were camping
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