1. ENGLISH Nov. 9, 2011

2. DOL The african elephant who is the largest living land animal uses their ears as fans. When Brad and me took the dog to the vet last week he started to run around in circles until we calmed him down. Lawyer:courtroom::_________:theater Wonder:astonishing::pester:_______

3. Questions to answer about Ch. 2 Who is at the bottom of the bunkhouse hierarchy? The top? What evidence from the book shows this ?

4. 2. How does Candy’s name reflect his character?

5. 3 Why is the boss suspicious of George’s protectiveness of Lennie?

6. 4 Why does George lie about Lennie’s mental deficiency? Do you think it was wrong of him?

7. 5 Describe the character of Curley.

8. 6 Why does Curley’s wife pose a threat to George and Lennie?

9. 7 Both the Boss and Slim say that not many men travel around together, their words are the same, but how are their reactions different?

10. 8 One of the things we are focusing on is the idea of a motif, that is things that are repeated for significance. What are some of the motifs seen so far?

11. 11 What are your thoughts on mercy killing. For example with Candy’s dog, Slim’s pups. Does that translate into people, do people have the right to decide to die if they are very sick, etc?