Year 9 Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 1. — Their imagined future home
  2. 5. — Place where George and Lennie are headed for work
  3. 8. — Small, sharp-featured migrant worker who protects his companion
  4. 9. — Prosperous decade that preceded the Great Depression
  5. 12. — What their dream gives them emotionally
  6. 13. — Region where the story begins
  7. 15. — Soft creature Lennie secretly keeps in his pocket
  8. 17. — Animals Lennie dreams of tending someday
  9. 19. — Town they fled because of Lennie’s misunderstanding
  10. 20. — The stopping place in Chapter 1 near Salinas
Down
  1. 2. — Type of workers George and Lennie are
  2. 3. — What George expects Lennie may cause again
  3. 4. — Their shared goal of owning land
  4. 6. — Their relationship; rare during this time
  5. 7. — Large, strong man who loves soft things and depends on his friend
  6. 10. — Author of Of Mice and Men
  7. 11. — Historical era setting of the novella
  8. 14. — Proof of employment Lennie nearly loses
  9. 16. — Lennie is told to hide here if there is trouble
  10. 18. — Bedroll carried by migrant workers