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Crooks Chapter 4
Questions about Crooks and the context of the novel
| 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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