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?
Tim O'Brien

Lieutenant Cross

Kiowa

Michael Herr
3 The book is best described as
a memoir

a collection of short stories

a novel

a series of stories
4 The author's own term for the book's structure is
novel

meta-fiction

war fiction

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

Massachusetts

Canada

Vietnam
6 What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?
his slingshot

letters from a girl

his bible

his gun
7 Martha is
a soldier

a student

a nurse

an actress
8 In "The Things They Carried" why does Jimmy Cross feel guilty?
he killed a Vietnamese boy

he cheated on Martha

he doesn't miss Martha

he let one of his men die
9 What was Ted Lavender doing when he died?
scouting

peeing

walking

hunting
10 According to Kiowa, what was the most remarkable thing about his death?
how little he was carrying

that he killed his killer, too

how slow it was

its speed and gravity
11 When Jimmy Cross visits the narrator in "Love," he says that he and Martha
met again but went their separate ways

are married

never saw one another again

are in love and are engaged
12 What did Martha give Jimmy Cross, twice?
a kiss

letters

a picture of her playing sports

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

poetry

university

virginity
14 Where is "Love" set?
Massachusetts

Cambodia

Vietnam

Japan
15 In "Love," what does Cross ask O'Brien to do?
burn Kiowa's body

write about his love for Martha

write about him as if he was a hero

burn photographs of Martha
16 Who is Linda?
Jimmy Cross's sweetheart

the sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

O'Brien's childhood sweetheart

a Japanese nurse
17 What did Linda die of?
a brain tumor

consumption

she was shot in Vietnam

a heart attack
18 All of the following are stories in the collection except
"How to Tell a True War Story"

"How to Kill a Viet Cong"

"Notes"

"The Man I Killed"
19 O'Brien felt all of the following while at war except
shame

pride

fear

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

40

16

43
21 Where is he when O'Brien decides to go to Vietnam?
at home

at the meatpacking factory

in a boat on a river

in the car in Minnesota
22 Who does O'Brien say saved his life?
Sam Smith, canadian

Tim O'Brien

his father

Elroy Berdahl, lodge owner
23 What had O'Brien planned to do after college?
go to Harvard

go to Yale

go to Canada

go to Vietnam
24 Why is Lee Strunk afraid of Dave Jensen in "Friends"?
He's afraid that he hurt his feelings.

He is afraid he will kill him.

He's afraid his friend will steal his girlfriend.

He is afraid he will maim him.
25 What is the macho Curt Lemon afraid of?
Mary Anne

the dentist

the enemy

O'Brien