The Things They Carried Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Tim O'Brien
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Things They Carried Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Tim O'Brien
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy The Things They Carried Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the letter what does Henry Dobbins decide to do?
(a) Injure himself so he can get home to see his sister
(b) Sits down and cries over the loss of his mother
(c) Sends his payment certificates to his girlfriend
(d) Wear the pantyhose anyway; the magic is still there

3. Which man cut off the thumb of a dead Viet-Cong boy?
(a) Rat Kiley
(b) Mitchell Sanders
(c) Kiowa
(d) Norman Bowker

4. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?
(a) Shoots it in the knee
(b) Shoots it in the head
(c) Offers it pork and beans
(d) Takes it for a walk

5. Where is Lee Strunk when Dave Jensen shows his broken nose?
(a) In the hospital
(b) Around the fire
(c) His foxhole
(d) Playing cards with other men

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tim consider running to?

2. Which item doubled as a body bag?

3. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?

4. What does Elroy do to tempt Tim to run away?

5. How did Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk agree on the pact?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would you guess happened during the war that Jimmy asked Tim to leave out of his book?

2. Why do you think Curt's sister gives the response she does?

3. What happens to make the platoon believe in the good luck provided by the pantyhose?

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

5. How did things start when Mary Anne first arrived, and how did they change?

6. How does Curt Lemon recover from his personal failure at the dentist?

7. Why does Rat Kiley write a letter to Curt Lemon's sister, and what does the letter contain?

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

9. What is so unbelievable about Rat Kiley's story?

10. How does the incident of the broken noses affect the relationship between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,026 words
(approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy The Things They Carried Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
The Things They Carried from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.