The Things They Carried Quizzes

The Things They Carried Quiz 1

1 Which war is the subject of this book?
World War II

Vietnam

The Korean War

The First Gulf War
2 Who is the narrator of The Things They Carried?
Michael Herr

Lieutenant Cross

Kiowa

Tim O'Brien
3 The book is best described as
a series of stories

a memoir

a collection of short stories

a novel
4 The author's own term for the book's structure is
war fiction

novel

meta-fiction

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

Vietnam

Minnesota

Canada
6 What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?
letters from a girl

his slingshot

his gun

his bible
7 Martha is
a nurse

a student

a soldier

an actress
8 In "The Things They Carried" why does Jimmy Cross feel guilty?
he cheated on Martha

he let one of his men die

he doesn't miss Martha

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

walking

peeing

scouting
10 According to Kiowa, what was the most remarkable thing about his death?
how slow it was

how little he was carrying

that he killed his killer, too

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?
letters

a kiss

a picture of her playing sports

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

university

virginity

poetry
14 Where is "Love" set?
Cambodia

Vietnam

Japan

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

burn photographs of Martha

write about him as if he was a hero

burn Kiowa's body
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

a heart attack

consumption

she was shot in Vietnam
18 All of the following are stories in the collection except
"How to Kill a Viet Cong"

"The Man I Killed"

"Notes"

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

boredom

pride

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

40

43

16
21 Where is he when O'Brien decides to go to Vietnam?
at home

in a boat on a river

at the meatpacking factory

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

his father

Tim O'Brien

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

go to Harvard

go to Yale

go to Vietnam
24 Why is Lee Strunk afraid of Dave Jensen in "Friends"?
He is afraid he will maim him.

He's afraid his friend will steal his girlfriend.

He is afraid he will kill him.

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

the dentist

the enemy

O'Brien