Quotes

Question 1

George (Companionship)

2

Answer 1

• “God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy”
• “We kind of look after each other”

Question 2

George (American Dream)

2

Answer 2

• “This thing they had never really believed in was coming true”
• “Guys like us, that work on the ranches, are the
  loneliest guys in the world… They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.”

Question 3

George (Character)

1

Answer 3

• Small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features

Question 4

Lennie (character)

2

Answer 4

• “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water”
• “A huge man”

Question 5

Lennie (companionship)

1

Answer 5

“George wun’t go away and leave me. I know George wun’t do that.”

Question 6

Lennie (Disability)

2

Answer 6

• “I didn’t wanna,” Lennie cried. “I didn’t wanta hurt him.”
• “I never meant no harm, George. Honest I never”

Question 7

Lennie (Dreams)

1

Answer 7

• “George, how long’s it gonna be till we get that little piece an’ live on the fatta the lan’ – an’ rabbits?”
  *

Question 8

Slim (Character)

2

Answer 8

• Prince of the ranch
• Godlike

Question 9

Slim (Power)

Answer 9

• “don’t need to wear no high-heeled boots on a grain team.”
• Slims opinions were law

Question 10

Slim (companionship)

Answer 10

• “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of
  each other.”
• “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”

Question 11

Crooks (Character)

Answer 11

• “You got no right to come in my room.”
• “It was difficult to conceal his pleasure with anger”
  (When everyone goes in his room)

Question 12

Crooks (Loneliness)

Answer 12

• “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”
• Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture.
  (When he teases Lennie about George).

Question 13

Crooks (Dreams)

Answer 13

• “Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.”

Question 14

Crooks (Racism)

Answer 14

• Why ain’t you wanted?”- “Cause I’m black…
• “Guys don’t come into a coloured man’s room”

Question 15

CW (Sexism)

Answer 15

• full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up.
• “Tramp” George

Question 16

CW (Racism)

Answer 16

• “Well, you keep your place then nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

Question 17

CW (Dreams)

Answer 17

• “I tell you I ain’t used to livin like this. I coulda made somethin’ of myself.”

Question 18

Candy (Old age)

Answer 18

• “I wish somebody shoot me if I got old and crippled”
• I’ve had him since he was a pup

Question 19

Candy (Dreams)

Answer 19

• I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens
  *

Question 20

Candy (Loneliness)

Answer 20

• I’ve had him since he was a pup
• “I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”

Question 21

Carlson (Loneliness)

Answer 21

• Now what the hell ya suppose is eating them two guys?

Question 22

Carlson (Sexism)

Answer 22

• Whyn’t you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs

Question 23

Curley (Power)

Answer 23

• Curley stepped gingerly close to him,
• He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. (Candy)

Question 24

Curley (Sexism)

Answer 24

• “Any you guys seen my wife”
• “Well, I will tell ya what – Curley says he’s keepin’ that hand soft for his wife.”

Question 25

George (Sexism)

Answer 25

• “Don?t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ’em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be.”