The Things They Carried Test

Henry Dobbins carried this as a sort of good luck charm.

• Empty cigarette case
• Pantyhose
• A Queen of Hearts card
• A Marble

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What happens to Bowker after the war?

• He goes to community college
• He commits suicide
• He lives with his parents
• All of these

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What does Norman Bowker's path around the lake symbolize? 

• The passage of time
• His lack of direction
• His inability to forget what happened with Kiowa
• All of these

In "Style," what was the Vietnamese girl doing?

• Singing
• Dancing
• Sleeping
• Crying

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In the quote below, what is Jimmy asking O'Brien not to discuss?
 
 "Make me out to be a good guy, okay? Brave and handsome, all that stuff. Best platoon leader ever." He hesitated for a second. "And do me a favor. Don't mention anything about—" "No," I said, "I won't."

• His fear of oxygen
• What happened the last time he saw Martha
• The time he hid in the swamp instead of facing the enemy
• When he smoked Lavender's dope

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When O'Brien tells stories about pleasant memories in the middle of a novel depicting the horrors of war, the author is using what literary technique?

• juxtaposition
• metaphor
• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When Mary Anne doesn't return one night, Fossie believes that she is _____________.

• Cheating 
• Dead
• Kidnapped
• Headed home

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

In an attempt to control Mary Anne, Fossie does what?

• Arranges for her to go home
• Asks her to marry him
• Locks her up
• Reports her to higher ups

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

"Seventeen years old. Just a child, blond and innocent, but then weren't they all" (100). 
What is O'Brien most likely trying to say with this quote?

• It isn't okay to put men or women through the trauma of war.
• Mary Anne was just as prepared for battle as the real soldiers.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does the author imagine his daughter, Kathleen, asks him?

• Has he ever killed anyone
• Is he a coward
• Was he ever shot
• None of these

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6