Witness Statements – preparation for the court case
following the deaths of Mrs Curley and Lennie Small
The lawyers will question you carefully about all the
events during the days before the deaths. You must be
able to answer their questions in detail.
You must also be prepared to answer the following
questions in a court of law. Read chapter 2 carefully
and make notes if you need to as you may be asked
questions such as:
Whose idea was it to shoot the dog
Why?
How long had Candy had the dog?
What sort of dog was it?
Male or female?
Find a quote from Candy about the dog
Find a quote from Carlson
What was Slim’s attitude to shooting the dog?
What was used to shoot the dog?
Where was it kept?
Who knew where it was kept?
Who was there when the gun was introduced to the scene?
Who was there when it was put away?
Where was everyone during the shooting of the dog –
before, during and after? Account for all their
movements: Slim, Carlson, Whit, Curley, Lennie, George,
Candy
What did Candy say to George about the shooting of the
dog afterwards?
When was “the dream” introduced into the episode of the
shooting of Candy’s dog?
Draw a flow chart of this episode if you can showing the
order of events and what everyone was doing in and
around the bunkhouse at the time.