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 does Mitchell Sanders call 'Nam'?
(a) Heaven
(b) Hell
(c) Garden of Eden
(d) Garden of Evil

2. If you follow the dink, you stay in the _____________.
(a) stink
(b) pink
(c) rink
(d) sink

3. What purpose does the chapter 'Love' fill for the novel?
(a) It offers a prologue for all of the men in the company.
(b) It explains why the author decided to write the novel.
(c) It serves as an insight to how Lavender's family handled his death.
(d) It explains the historical context of the Vietnam War.

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

5. Who is the boyfriend of Mary Anne Bell?
(a) Mark Fossie
(b) A Green Beret
(c) Dave Jensen
(d) Rat Kiley

6. Who did the monks take a special liking to and call "Soldier Jesus?"
(a) Lt. Cross
(b) Kiowa
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) The narrator

7. After his first episode with the dentist, what did Curt Lemon do?
(a) Go for a swim
(b) Play a game of checkers
(c) Volunteer to go out on patrol
(d) Sit by himself under a tree

8. Who does Azar give a chocolate bar to?
(a) A man in the platoon who is about to die
(b) A kid with a puppy
(c) A pretty girl he sees
(d) A boy with one leg

9. Who does Tim credit with saving his life?
(a) Aunt Jean
(b) Elroy Berdahl
(c) His father
(d) Mitchell Sanders

10. What does Rat Kiley do to treat Lee Strunk's injury?
(a) Asks the men to donate blood
(b) A tourniquet and morphine
(c) Gives him a cigarette and tells him not to worry
(d) Caterizes the wound

11. What is Jimmy Cross's last request to Tim at the end chapter 2?
(a) To help him find a job
(b) To take care of Martha for him
(c) To make sure he is buried at home
(d) To not mention something in his book

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

13. What item owned by Dave Jensen is missing?
(a) A food ration
(b) A personal letter
(c) A jackknife
(d) A girlfriend's photograph

14. "A true war story, if truly told, makes the ____________ believe."
(a) Stomach
(b) Mind
(c) Eyes
(d) Ears

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is a characteristic of a "true war story?"

2. How does Lee Strunk first react after his injury?

3. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?

4. Martha became a trained __________.

5. Why is Kiowa against camping at the pagoda?

(see the answer keys)

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