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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the husband in Cathedral find disconcerting about Robert?
(a) Robert is only twenty years old.
(b) Robert is blind.
(c) Robert is a paraplegic.
(d) Robert is over seven feet tall.

2. In River of Names, what is the narrator certain she does not want to do?
(a) Go back to college.
(b) Have children.
(c) Get married.
(d) Tell stories.

3. What did Louise sneak out of the kitchen when she was a young child?
(a) Homemade chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(c) Her mother's diet pills.
(d) Diet cola.

4. With whom does Delores finally have a child?
(a) Michael.
(b) Dr. Dorin.
(c) Dr. Weinstein.
(d) Mr. Sebastian.

5. In Minor Heroism, who is posing in the famous picture with the narrator's father?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Betty Grable.
(d) The Andrews Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hattie Benedict and the two children find shelter during the blizzard?

2. In the story Wickedness, where does Ainslie Classen find shelter in the blizzard?

3. What kind of epilepsy does Ad Magic have?

4. What do Connie and Arnold find they are both listening to on the radio at the same time?

5. In Departures, according to the young seminarian, for how long do Jesuits meditate each day?

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