"On the Rainy River" by Tim O'Brien

Who wrote "On the Rainy River"?

• Tom Brady

• Tim O'Brien

• Tim Burton

• Charles Dickens

"On the Rainy River" takes place during...

• ...the summer of 1968.

• ...the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

• ...the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

What happened to young Tim O'Brien in June of 1968?

• He got married.

• He inherited the family farm.

• He was drafted into a war that he hated.

How did O'Brien feel when he received his draft notice?

• He was thrilled, having always wanted to become a soldier.

• He was angry, feeling he was "too good" to fight in the war.

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What was O'Brien's job during the summer of 1968?

• He delivered newspapers.

• He worked in a grocery store.

• He was a professor.

• He was a "declotter" in a meatpacking plant.

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By mid-July of 1968, O'Brien considered fleeing to ____________ to avoid going to war.

• Canada

• Mexico

• Minnesota

• Timbuktu

Where is the Rainy River located?

• Between Minnesota and Canada

• Within the Grand Canyon

• In Vietnam

According to O'Brien, who was "the hero of his life"?

• John Kerry

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Elroy Berdahl, the owner of Tip Top Lodge

• President Lyndon B. Johnson

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What fears did O'Brien have about leaving America to escape the draft?

• He feared exile and what people in his conservative hometown would say about him.

• He worried that Elroy was too old and feeble to tend the Tip Top Lodge without him.

• He had heard that Canada was a dangerous place.

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Why did Elroy take O'Brien fishing on the Rainy River, twenty yards from the Canadian border?

• Elroy wanted to show O'Brien his favorite fishing spot.

• Elroy wanted O'Brien to face the reality of his plan to escape into Canada.

• Fishing was illegal in other parts of the river.

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