In the final chapter of the novel, we find the following description of the green pool along the Salinas River: 'A far rush of wind sounded and a gust drove through the tops of the trees like a wave. The sycamore leaves turned up their silver sides, the brown, dry leaves on the ground scudded a few feet. And row on row of tiny wind waves flowed up the pool's green surface. As quickly as it had come, the wind died, and the clearing was quiet again.' What is significant about the wind in this passage?

MCQs on setting in  Of Mice and Men.