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. Martha became a trained __________.
(a) Nurse
(b) Teacher
(c) Writer
(d) Doctor

2. How did Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk agree on the pact?
(a) They wrote it on paper and signed it
(b) They asked Lt. Cross to witness it
(c) The spit shook on it
(d) They became blood brothers

3. What is the name of the area the men are in?
(a) My Khe
(b) Rocket Pocket
(c) Than Khe
(d) Chu Lai

4. What profession did Henry Dobbins want to have in high school?
(a) A military officer
(b) A minister
(c) A travel writer
(d) A firefighter

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

6. Which is not a benefit of being stationed in the area?
(a) White beaches
(b) Communications to call home
(c) Palm trees
(d) Friendly villages

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

8. How does Lee Strunk think the doctors will treat the wound?
(a) They will cut his other leg to match
(b) They will amputate the rest of the leg
(c) They will sew it back on.
(d) They will give him a prosthetic

9. Who shares the story of the girlfriend in Vietnam?
(a) Dave Jensen
(b) Mitchell Sanders
(c) Curt Lemon
(d) Rat Kiley

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

11. Where is Martha a student?
(a) Madison State University
(b) Mount Sebastian College
(c) New Jersey College
(d) Princeton University

12. Norman Bowker's father only cares about what?
(a) The medals his son brings home
(b) His son's position in the army
(c) His son coming home safely
(d) Where his son is serving

13. What did he do that night after he fainted in the dentist tent?
(a) He attacked the dentist while he slept
(b) He went nuts and shot his gun in the air
(c) He woke the dentist up and told him a tooth hurt
(d) He ran out into the jungle and never came back

14. What does Dave Jensen do with the pistol?
(a) He breaks his own nose
(b) He gives it to Less Strunk as a peace offering
(c) He shoots down a bird
(d) He captures a Viet Cong

15. Who is the sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong?
(a) Martha
(b) Mary Anne Bell
(c) Kathleen
(d) Sally Kramer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a war story NOT about?

2. What does Dave Jensen borrow?

3. Who visited the author, Tim O'Brien, to talk?

4. What did Kiowa teach to Rat Kiley?

5. What does he call the object around his neck?

(see the answer keys)

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