The Things They Carried Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tim O'Brien
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The Things They Carried Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tim O'Brien
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Tim graduate college?
(a) 1988
(b) 1958
(c) 1948
(d) 1968

2. "Hump it" means what?
(a) Dig a foxhole
(b) Stay in formation
(c) Shoot at the enemy
(d) To carry something

3. Where is the listening patrol positioned?
(a) On a mountainside
(b) In a valley
(c) In a village
(d) In the jungle

4. What did Kiowa teach to Rat Kiley?
(a) How to skin a man
(b) How to make moccasins
(c) How to read
(d) A rain dance

5. What makes the men begin to believe in the good luck of Henry Dobbins' object?
(a) Women in the village blow him kisses
(b) He escapes certain death
(c) He never is picked for tunnel duty
(d) He kills the most number of enemies

6. How does Kiowa describe Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Great Suffering
(b) Bang Dead
(c) Boom Down
(d) Slow Motion

7. How is Henry Dobbins described by the narrator?
(a) Bad man and scared soldier
(b) Weird man and stupid soldier
(c) Good man and superb soldier
(d) Great man and bad soldier

8. How did Tim protest the war?
(a) Participating in a parade
(b) Setting the recruiting station on fire
(c) Organizing sit ins at his college
(d) Ringing doorbells for McCarthy

9. How do we know the narrator is the author, Tim O'Brien?
(a) Jimmy Cross gives him money
(b) Rat Kiley asks Tim to write a book
(c) The narrator says he wants to write a story about all of this
(d) The narrator gives part of the royalties to Ted Lavender's family

10. What movie did Jimmy Cross and Martha see on their date before the war?
(a) Roman Holiday
(b) Rambo
(c) Bonnie and Clyde
(d) Pillow Talk

11. What game do Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker play?
(a) 20 Questions
(b) Checkers
(c) Cards
(d) Rock, Paper, Scissors

12. What is another name for a land mine?
(a) Kaboom
(b) Last Step
(c) Toe Popper
(d) Sizzling Sally

13. Who has a sister Rat Kiley writes a letter to?
(a) Lee Strunk
(b) Curt Lemmon
(c) Ted Lavender
(d) Kiowa

14. What does Dave Jensen do when he snaps?
(a) He screams and climb a tree
(b) He curls into a ball and cries
(c) He loses his ability to talk
(d) He shoots his gun into the air

15. What happened in October to change things for Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?
(a) Lee Strunk steps on a rigged mortar round
(b) Dave Jensen steps on a rigged mortar round
(c) Lee Strunk is hit by sniper fire
(d) Dave Jensen is hit by sniper fire

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee Strunk think the doctors will treat the wound?

2. What was Curt Lemon's bad experience in high school?

3. Who shares the story of the girlfriend in Vietnam?

4. What profession did Henry Dobbins want to have in high school?

5. Which is not a benefit of being stationed in the area?

(see the answer keys)

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