The Things They Carried Test | Final Test - Easy

Tim O'Brien
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The Things They Carried Test | Final 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 is the person they meet doing in the middle of a burned house?
(a) Dancing
(b) Eating
(c) Crying
(d) Talking to the dead

2. What animal does Tim notice as he tries to process the death of the man he killed?
(a) A snake
(b) A butterfly
(c) A bird
(d) A worm

3. Who warns Lt. Cross about the location the men choose to camp in?
(a) A group of other soldiers
(b) The command post
(c) A group of Vietnamese children
(d) A group of Vietnamese women

4. How did the old farmer react to Tim?
(a) He raised a shovel in defiance
(b) He shook hands and shared war stories
(c) He gave him a hug
(d) He smiled as he drove past

5. What did Kiowa's father do?
(a) Work as a mechanic
(b) Work as a gardener
(c) Teach Sunday school
(d) Teach elementary school

6. What almost killed Tim?
(a) A knife wound from town
(b) A shot to the shoulder
(c) An improperly dressed wound
(d) A partial land mine detonation

7. What part of the story is Tim's own?
(a) The part of playing basketball at the YMCA
(b) The part of pulling Kiowa by his boot
(c) The Silver Star part
(d) The friend drowning part

8. What medal did Norman Bowker almost win?
(a) Medal of Honor
(b) Silver Star
(c) Purple Heart
(d) Gold Star

9. Which soldier is killed in the swampy field, and subsequently stuck in the muck?
(a) Rat Kiley
(b) Kiowa
(c) Ted Lavender
(d) Henry Dobbins

10. Who makes the decision to NOT alert Lt. Cross about finding the body?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Azar
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) Rat Kiley

11. The man Tim killed had a hole the shape of what where an eye was supposed to be?
(a) A star
(b) A heart
(c) A crescent moon
(d) A circle

12. How does Rat Kiley deal with the mission at first?
(a) By killing all the bugs
(b) By counting as high as he can
(c) By talking non stop
(d) By remaining silent

13. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(b) It's a graveyard
(c) It's where the village keeps their sewage
(d) It's infested with large bugs

14. How many soldiers are said to be in the platoon?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 22
(d) 18

15. Who is the most "spooked" in the end?
(a) Azar
(b) Morty Phillips
(c) Bobby Jorgenson
(d) Tim

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is curious about if the narrator killed anybody?

2. Who do the platoon meet in the village?

3. Who does Tim blame for his near-death experience?

4. What was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"

5. What is the name of Tim's daughter?

(see the answer keys)

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