The Things They Carried Quizzes

The Things They Carried Quiz 1

1 Which war is the subject of this book?
Vietnam

The First Gulf War

The Korean War

World War II
2 Who is the narrator of The Things They Carried?
Michael Herr

Lieutenant Cross

Tim O'Brien

Kiowa
3 The book is best described as
a memoir

a novel

a series of stories

a collection of short stories
4 The author's own term for the book's structure is
meta-fiction

novel

war fiction

memoir
5 The book is set in all of the following places except
Massachusetts

Minnesota

Vietnam

Canada
6 What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?
his gun

his bible

his slingshot

letters from a girl
7 Martha is
a nurse

an actress

a soldier

a student
8 In "The Things They Carried" why does Jimmy Cross feel guilty?
he doesn't miss Martha

he let one of his men die

he killed a Vietnamese boy

he cheated on Martha
9 What was Ted Lavender doing when he died?
peeing

walking

scouting

hunting
10 According to Kiowa, what was the most remarkable thing about his death?
its speed and gravity

how little he was carrying

how slow it was

that he killed his killer, too
11 When Jimmy Cross visits the narrator in "Love," he says that he and Martha
are in love and are engaged

never saw one another again

are married

met again but went their separate ways
12 What did Martha give Jimmy Cross, twice?
a kiss

a picture of her playing sports

letters

a pebble
13 When he is still in love with Martha, Jimmy Cross is obsessed with her
university

poetry

virginity

knees
14 Where is "Love" set?
Japan

Massachusetts

Vietnam

Cambodia
15 In "Love," what does Cross ask O'Brien to do?
write about his love for Martha

burn Kiowa's body

write about him as if he was a hero

burn photographs of Martha
16 Who is Linda?
a Japanese nurse

O'Brien's childhood sweetheart

the sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

Jimmy Cross's sweetheart
17 What did Linda die of?
she was shot in Vietnam

a heart attack

a brain tumor

consumption
18 All of the following are stories in the collection except
"The Man I Killed"

"How to Kill a Viet Cong"

"Notes"

"How to Tell a True War Story"
19 O'Brien felt all of the following while at war except
fear

boredom

pride

shame
20 In many of the stories, O'Brien is how old?
55

43

16

40
21 Where is he when O'Brien decides to go to Vietnam?
in the car in Minnesota

at the meatpacking factory

in a boat on a river

at home
22 Who does O'Brien say saved his life?
Tim O'Brien

Sam Smith, canadian

Elroy Berdahl, lodge owner

his father
23 What had O'Brien planned to do after college?
go to Harvard

go to Canada

go to Vietnam

go to Yale
24 Why is Lee Strunk afraid of Dave Jensen in "Friends"?
He's afraid his friend will steal his girlfriend.

He is afraid he will kill him.

He is afraid he will maim him.

He's afraid that he hurt his feelings.
25 What is the macho Curt Lemon afraid of?
O'Brien

the dentist

Mary Anne

the enemy