The Things They Carried Quizzes

1. Which war is the subject of this book?

• The Korean War
• The First Gulf War
• World War II
• Vietnam

2. Who is the narrator of The Things They Carried?

• Lieutenant Cross
• Michael Herr
• Kiowa
• Tim O'Brien

3. The book is best described as

• a collection of short stories
• a novel
• a memoir
• a series of stories

4. The author's own term for the book's structure is

• memoir
• war fiction
• novel
• meta-fiction

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

• Minnesota
• Vietnam
• Massachusetts
• Canada

6. What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?

• his gun
• his slingshot
• his bible
• 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 killed a Vietnamese boy
• he let one of his men die
• he cheated on Martha

9. What was Ted Lavender doing when he died?

• peeing
• walking
• hunting
• scouting

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

• how little he was carrying
• how slow it was
• its speed and gravity
• that he killed his killer, too