Of Mice and Men - Key Quotes

"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."

• Lennie
• Crooks
• Candy
• George

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I done another bad thing."

• Curley's Wife
• Lennie
• Slim
• Candy's Dog

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"He's jes' like a kid, ain't he?"

• Crooks
• Carlson
• The Boss
• Slim

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"You got no right to come in my room."

• The Boss
• Candy
• Curley
• Carlson

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog."

• Candy
• Slim
• Lennie
• George

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want."

• Curley's Wife
• George
• Candy
• Crooks

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

"They fell into a silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true."

• Lennie
• Slim
• Narrator
• Candy

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who's the quote about?
"He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, looked over to George to see whether he had it just right." 

• Curley's Wife
• Candy
• Lennie
• The Boss

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world."

• Lennie
• Slim
• Crooks
• George

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

 "You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me." 

• Candy
• Curley's Wife
• Crooks
• The Boss

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3