Quotes (Groupes)

Question 1

George

Companionship

2

Answer 1

1. “You gonna be sick like you was last night”
2. “I want you to stay with me here”

Question 2

George

Anger

4

Answer 2

1. “Jesus Christ you’re a crazy bastard”
2. “George was working up a slow anger”
3. “I’ve beat the hell outa him”
4. “No Lennie I ain’t mad. I never been mad. and i ain’ now. That’s a thing I want ya to know”

Question 3

George

Loneliness

3

Answer 3

1. “alone I could live so easy”
2. “Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world”
3. George carefully built his line of solitaire cards

Question 4

George

American Dream

3

Answer 4

1. “Ok. Someday - we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs”
2. “Red and blue and green rabbits Lennie. Millions of ‘em”
3. This thing they never really believed in was coming true

Question 5

George

Sexism

2

Answer 5

1. “Jesus, what a tramp”
2. Bitch, Poison , Jailbait, Rat-trap

Question 6

George

After Lennies death

Chapter 6

Answer 6

“George let himself be helped to his feet”

Question 7

Curley

Power

5

Answer 7

1. Curley stepped gingerly close to him
2. “He’s a lightweight and he’s handy”
3. “He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys”
4. Won’t ever get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss
5. “I’m gonna shoot the guts out of that big bastard myself even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get him”

Question 8

Curley

Appearance

1

Answer 8

1. His glance was at once both calculating and pugnacious

Question 9

Curley

CW

2

Answer 9

1. “Any you guys seen my wife?”
2. “He ain’t a nice fella”

Question 10

Lennie

Appearance, Animals

2

Answer 10

1. a huge man, shapeless of face with large, pale eyes
2. the way a bear drags his paws

Question 11

Lennie

Companionship

2

Answer 11

1. Lennie (…)imitated George exactly
2. “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you”

Question 12

Lennie

American Dream

1

Answer 12

“live off the fatta the lan’”

Question 13

Lennie

Power

3

Answer 13

1. “Strong as a bull”
2. “There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither except he’s so strong”
3. his closed fist was lost in Lennies big hand

Question 14

Lennie

Disability

2

Answer 14

1. There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither except he’s so strong
2. Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror

Question 15

Lennie

Anger

2

Answer 15

1. Suddenly Lennie’s eyes, centred and grew quiet, and mad
2. Then Lennie grew angry (with CW)

Question 16

Lennie

Blame

2

Answer 16

1. Why do you got to get killed
2. I done a bad thing

Question 17

Carlson

Appearance

1

Answer 17

1. A powerful big stomached man

Question 18

Carlson

C Dog

2

Answer 18

1.” I can smell that dog a mile away. Got no teeth, damn near blind, can’t eat.”
2. “Shoot him right in the back of the head”….”he’d never know what hit him”

Question 19

Carlson

Sexism

1

Answer 19

“Why’n’t you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs”

Question 20

Carlson

Power

1

Answer 20

“You’re yella as a frog belly.”…“you come for me, an’ I’ll kick your god damn head off”

Question 21

CW

Appearance

4

Answer 21

1. Both men glanced up for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off
2. full rouged lips, heavily made up, Her fingernails were red
3. She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward
4. She bridled a little

Question 22

CW

Racism

2

Answer 22

1. “they left all the weak ones here”
2. “I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

Question 23

CW

Dreams

2

Answer 23

1. “I tell you I aint used to livin like this. I coulda made something of myself”
2. The meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face

Question 24

The Boss

The Boss

2

Answer 24

1. He wore high heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a laboring ma
2. “what stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?”

Question 25

# Whit Whit | 2

Answer 25

1. His sloping shoulders were bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag 2. Whit found the place again but he did not surrender his hold on it

Question 26

# Slim Power | 3

Answer 26

1. "I drowned four of them right off" (LuLus puppies) 2. Prince of the ranch 3. Slim's opinions were law

Question 27

# Slim Companionship and Loneliness | 3

Answer 27

1. Slim sighed, "well I guess we got to go get him" 2. "Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other" 3. "Never you mind", said Slim, "A guy got to sometimes"

Question 28

# Crooks Power | 2

Answer 28

1. "The boss gives him hell when he's mad" 2. Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture

Question 29

# Crooks Room | 2

Answer 29

1. a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905 2. a small electric globe threw a meager yellow light

Question 30

# Crooks Companionship | 2

Answer 30

1. he stiffened and a scowl came on his face 2. Crooks scowled, but Lennies disarming smile defeated him

Question 31

# Crooks Racism/Loneliness | 3

Answer 31

1. why ain't you wanted?" - "Cause I'm Black" 2. "Guys don't come into a coloured man's room very much" 3. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody"

Question 32

# Crooks Dreams | 1

Answer 32

"Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land"

Question 33

# Candy Old age | 2

Answer 33

1. "I've had him since he was a pup" 2. "I ain't much good but I could cook and tend the chickens"

Question 34

# Candy Power | 2

Answer 34

1. "I shouldn't have let no stranger shoot my dog" 2. Candy joined the attack with joy. "Glove fulla vaseline" he said disgustedly

Question 35

# Candy Anger | 1

Answer 35

1. "You God damn tramp" he said viciously