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'Of Mice and Men' Quotes Trivia Quiz

Do you know which character in Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' spoke these words?

A multiple-choice quiz by littlp. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
littlp

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,290

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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3229

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'O.k. Machine. I will talk to you later. I like Machines.'? Hint

Curley

Curley's wife

Lennie

George

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Ever'body gonn be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from 'em.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Maybe you can see now. You got George. You know he's goin' come back. S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'causeyou was black.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'We can't sleep with him stinkin' around in here.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'An' you ain't to be trusted with no live mice. Your Aunt Clara give you a rubber mouse and you wouldn't have nothing to do with it.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'She slang her pups last night. Nine of 'em. I drowned four of 'em right off. She couldn't feed that many.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'We're gonna have rabbits an' a berry patch.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'A guy needs somebody-to be near him.'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'You an' me can go there an' live nice, can't we, George?'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'O.k. Machine. I will talk to you later. I like Machines.'?

Answer: Curley's wife

She says this after the men tell her that a machine crushed Curley's hand when Lennie crushed it. Machine is capitilized to let the reader know that she knows that Lennie was the one who did it.

2. 'You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.'?

Answer: Slim

He says this right after George shoots Lennie. He meant that George had to do it in the best interest of both George and Lennie.

3. 'Ever'body gonn be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from 'em.'?

Answer: George

4. 'Maybe you can see now. You got George. You know he's goin' come back. S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'causeyou was black.'?

Answer: Crooks

5. 'We can't sleep with him stinkin' around in here.'?

Answer: Carlson

6. 'An' you ain't to be trusted with no live mice. Your Aunt Clara give you a rubber mouse and you wouldn't have nothing to do with it.'?

Answer: George

This is one of the many conversations that George has about mice and rabbits that Lennie is so obsessed with.

7. 'She slang her pups last night. Nine of 'em. I drowned four of 'em right off. She couldn't feed that many.'?

Answer: Slim

This goes along with the 'survival of the fittest' motief that is present throughout the novel.

8. 'We're gonna have rabbits an' a berry patch.'?

Answer: Lennie

This is about the millionth time Lennie talks about the stupid rabbits that he wants to take care of.

9. 'A guy needs somebody-to be near him.'?

Answer: Crooks

This shows Crooks's loneliness that he has to endure because he is black.

10. 'You an' me can go there an' live nice, can't we, George?'?

Answer: Candy

Candy is showing some greed here; George is going to have to kill Lennie, and all Candy is worried about is whether or not he'll be able to accomplish the dream that was originally George and Lennie's.

Source: Author littlp

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