Of Mice and Men, Ch. 4

Read Chapter 4 in Of Mice and Men and answer the following questions.

Chapter 4

1. Identify Crooks.

2. How are Crook's living arrangements different from the other men?

3. What does Crooks say about the bunkhouse and the men who live in it?

4. How does Crooks fill his loneliness?

5. What is Crooks sometimes afraid of late at night in his little room?

6. Lennie tells Crooks about the land. What is his reply at first?

7. How does Crooks’ reaction to the land-ownership plan change as Candy talks?

8. Why did Curley's wife come to the barn?

9. What gives Candy the confidence to argue with Curley's wife?

10. How does she feel about Curley's injury? What does Curley's wife figure out?

11. What cruel and unjust thing does Curley's wife threaten Crooks with? How do you feel about her?

12. Why did Crooks change his mind after Curley's wife left?

On the back of the questions, draw a plot diagram for Ch. 4. Label it with the events from the chapter.