Crooks Chapter 4 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
What is Crooks' job?	He is the stable buck.
Where does Crooks live and sleep?	He lives in a little shed off the side of the barn where the horses are kept.
What does Crooks read a lot?	He reads a mauled copy of the California Civil Code from 1905.
What's the light like in Crooks' room?	He only has a meager yellow light.
What happened to Crooks to inspire his nickname of Crooks?	He was kicked in the back by a horse.
Why is Crooks not allowed in the bunk house with the others?	He's segregated from them because he's black and the white ranch hands say he stinks.
Where was Crooks born?	Crooks was born in California which is where the novel is set.
What did Crooks' father own when Crooks was a child?	His father owned a chicken farm.
Did Crooks see other Black families when he was a child?	He didn't - there wasn't another Black family around for miles.
What does Crooks think about George and Lennie's dream of owning their own place and land?	He says that nobody gets any land - it's a hopeless dream lots of people have.
Who sometimes comes in to visit Crooks?	Sometimes Slim visits Crooks and chats to him.
Why does Candy hesitate at Crooks' door?	Candy has never been in Crooks' room before, presumably because of the segregation.
What does Crooks say when he hears that Candy and George have enough money to buy a farm?	He says he would like to work for them, just for his keep.
What does Curley's Wife call Candy, Lennie, and Crooks?	She says they are the weak ones.
What does Curley's Wife threaten Crooks with when he tells her to leave his room?	She says how easy it would be to get him lynched.
How does Crooks react to Curley's Wife's threat?	He stops standing up to her, says "Yes, ma'am", and sits still without looking at anybody.
Why doesn't George come into Crooks' room?	George is upholding the segregation and doesn't think Candy and Lennie should be in there.
Does Crooks still want to work on George's farm at the end of the chapter?	Crooks tells Candy to forget he asked.
At the very end of the chapter, what does Crooks go back to doing?	He returns to rubbing liniment into his back. The chapter has come full circle and Crooks is back where he began: alone.

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