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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the war story about the listening patrol?
(a) Tim O'Brien
(b) Dave Jensen
(c) Rat Kiley
(d) Mitchell Sanders

2. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?
(a) Martha's mother mailed him one after he came home
(b) He actually saved one from burning in Vietnam
(c) Martha died, and he cut it out of the newspaper
(d) She gave it to him at a college reunion

3. Who gets into a fist fight?
(a) Lee Strunk and Mitchell Sanders
(b) Dave Jensen and Henry Dobbins
(c) Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk
(d) Rat Kiley and Mitchell Sanders

4. What word does Ted Lavender use to describe the war?
(a) Terrible
(b) Mellow
(c) Scary
(d) Calm

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tim's first job after college?

2. How do we know the narrator is the author, Tim O'Brien?

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

4. When Kiowa says "No choice, Tim. What else could you do?" what can we assume he is talking about?

5. What are Tim's duties at the pig factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry's reaction to his girlfriend dumping him?

2. How did Tim see Curt Lemon's personality?

3. Give a description of boredom as used in the novel.

4. Why did the men have to see the dentist?

5. Who was Elroy Berdahl and what is his significance to the narrator?

6. How were Lieutenant Cross's tears misinterpreted after the death of Ted Lavender?

7. How does the narrator feel about the war in Vietnam?

8. Give examples of how the men dealt with death.

9. When Lee Strunk returns from sick bay, how does Dave Jensen react?

10. How are the terms of the death pact ultimately carried out?

(see the answer keys)

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