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Of Mice and Men Test
Of Mice and Men review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why don't George and Lennie go directly to the ranch in chapter one? | The bus driver dropped them off 4 miles away. |
| What does George say he could do if he were alone? | Go to a cat house, drink whiskey, and play cards at a pool hall. |
| Describe George and Lennie's dream. | To have a ranch with rabbits. |
| Why are they different from other migrant workers? | They have each other. |
| What does George tell Lennie to do when they get to the ranch? | Keep his mouth shut |
| What does Slim have that Lennie wants? | A puppy |
| Why does Carlson think Candy's dog should be shot? | Because the dog's old and he stinks. |
| Why is Candy so attached to the dog? | He's had the dog since it was a puppy. |
| Who does Candy look to for advice when Carlson wants to shoot Candy's dog? | Slim |
| What is Old Susy's Place? | A flophouse |
| Why did Curley go after Lennie? | Because he 'thought' Lennie was laughing at him. |
| What story does Slim make up to explain Curley's hand? | It got caught in a machine. |
| What happened to Lennie's puppie? | Lennie killed it. |
| What dream does Curley's wife tell Lennie about? | Being an actress |
| What does Curley's wife offer to let Lennie touch? | Her hair |
| Who first discovers Curley's dead wife? | Candy |
| After he kills Curley's wife who does Lennie think he sees? | A giant rabbit and his Aunt Clara |
| Whose gun does George take? | Carlson's |
| What does George tell Lennie right before he shoots him? | About the dream. |
| Who says, "I didn't tell no one but Crooks" | Candy |
| Who says, "Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land" | Crooks |
| Who says, "I don' like this place, George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here" | Lennie |
| Who says, "This ol'dog jus' suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head--right here, why he'd never know what hit him" | Carlson |
| Who says, "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog" | Candy |
| Who says, "I done a bad think. I done another bad thing" | Lennie |
| Who says, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" | Carlson |
| Who says, "Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is" | The boss |
| Who says, "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world...With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us" | George |