The Things They Carried Quizzes

The Things They Carried Quiz 1

By Rachel Nolan · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed April 03, 2009

1 Which war is the subject of this book?

The First Gulf War

The Korean War

Vietnam

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

Lieutenant Cross

Kiowa

Tim O'Brien

Michael Herr
3 The book is best described as

a collection of short stories

a memoir

a novel

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

memoir

novel

war fiction

meta-fiction
5 The book is set in all of the following places except

Vietnam

Canada

Massachusetts

Minnesota
6 What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?

his gun

his bible

letters from a girl

his slingshot
7 Martha is

a soldier

a student

an actress

a nurse
8 In "The Things They Carried" why does Jimmy Cross feel guilty?

he let one of his men die

he cheated on Martha

he doesn't miss Martha

he killed a Vietnamese boy
9 What was Ted Lavender doing when he died?

hunting

scouting

peeing

walking
10 According to Kiowa, what was the most remarkable thing about his death?

that he killed his killer, too

how little he was carrying

its speed and gravity

how slow it was
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 pebble

a picture of her playing sports

letters
13 When he is still in love with Martha, Jimmy Cross is obsessed with her

poetry

virginity

university

knees
14 Where is "Love" set?

Vietnam

Cambodia

Massachusetts

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

burn Kiowa's body

write about him as if he was a hero

burn photographs of Martha

write about his love for Martha
16 Who is Linda?

a Japanese nurse

the sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

Jimmy Cross's sweetheart

O'Brien's childhood sweetheart
17 What did Linda die of?

a brain tumor

a heart attack

consumption

she was shot in Vietnam
18 All of the following are stories in the collection except

"How to Tell a True War Story"

"Notes"

"How to Kill a Viet Cong"

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

fear

shame

pride

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

16

55

43

40
21 Where is he when O'Brien decides to go to Vietnam?

in the car in Minnesota

in a boat on a river

at the meatpacking factory

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

Elroy Berdahl, lodge owner

Tim O'Brien

his father

Sam Smith, canadian
23 What had O'Brien planned to do after college?

go to Vietnam

go to Yale

go to Harvard

go to Canada
24 Why is Lee Strunk afraid of Dave Jensen in "Friends"?

He's afraid his friend will steal his girlfriend.

He's afraid that he hurt his feelings.

He is afraid he will maim him.

He is afraid he will kill him.
25 What is the macho Curt Lemon afraid of?

Mary Anne

O'Brien

the dentist

the enemy

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