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

2. What information is the letter Henry Dobbins receives in October?
(a) His girlfriend is pregnant
(b) His girlfriend dumps him
(c) His mother died
(d) His sister is sick

3. What does Lee Strunk confess to Tim O'Brien in the morning?
(a) He stole Dave Jensen's jackknife
(b) He always wanted a nose job
(c) He enjoyed the trip to the medical camp
(d) He didn't steal Dave Jensen's jackknife, but he knows who did.

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

5. How is Lee Strunk medically treated?
(a) He refuses medical treatment
(b) He is choppered back
(c) Rat Kiley give him bandages
(d) Village women help fix him

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

7. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?
(a) A dead boy's thumb
(b) Letters home
(c) Body lice
(d) Photographs

8. How many monks are there to help the men with camp?
(a) 12
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 6

9. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins
(b) Mitchell Sanders and Dave Jensen
(c) Kiowa and Norman Bowker
(d) Rat Kiley and Kiowa

10. Who kills Tim Lavender's stray puppy with a Claymore?
(a) Curt Lemon
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Kiowa
(d) Azar

11. What are Tim's duties at the pig factory?
(a) Cleaner
(b) Packager
(c) Throat cutter
(d) Declotter

12. What holiday did Curt Lemon celebrate with the villagers?
(a) New Year's
(b) Christmas
(c) Halloween
(d) Fourth of July

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

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

15. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?
(a) Ted Lavender
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Mitchell Sanders
(d) Lee Strunk

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed in late August between Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen?

2. After his first episode with the dentist, what did Curt Lemon do?

3. How is Henry Dobbins described by the narrator?

4. What color are Martha's eyes?

5. What is Dave Jensen worried about?

(see the answer keys)

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