Of Mice and Men

Chapter 4 questions

1. Why is Lennie clueless about why he should not be in Crook's living quarters?

2. Why did Crooks allow Lennie into hus segregated quarters?

3. What do Crooks and Curley's wife have in common?

4. Why is Crooks so mean to Lennie in the beginning. Especially when he tells him that George may leave him

5. Why does Crooks cringes at Curley's wife's suggestion about being "strung up on a tree."?

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Lennie is operating at the mental level of a six year old. He doesn't understand the social and racial complexities of Crooks being black.

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1. Why is Lennie clueless about why he should not be in Crook's living

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