The Things They Carried Chapters 5-10

What does Dave Jensen do to Lee Strunk?

• Breaks his jackknife

• Breaks his nose

• Missing letters

• Strunk insulted Jensen

What caused the fight?

• A missing jackknife

• A missing canteen

• Missing Letters

• Strunk insulted Jensen

What does Jensen do a few nights after the fight?

• sets booby-traps around his camp

• breaks his own nose

• abandons his own post

• writes a letter to his girlfriend

What happens to Lee Stunk after he and Jensen become friends?

• He steps on a mortar round and loses his leg

• He is hit by enemy fire

• He is transferred to another unit

• He burns a village to the ground

What pact did Jensen and Strunk make?

• To always protect one another

• To have one stand guard while the other sleeps

• That if one is badly injured the other will end their life

• That if one needs to fake an injury to get out of the unit the other will assist them.

What does Strunk beg Jensen not to do?

• To kill him

• To hurt him

• To tell Jimmy Cross he abandoned his post

• To tell his family he was a coward.

When Strunk dies, how does Jensen feel?

• Mournful

• Enraged

• Delighted

• Relieved

What is Rat Kiley's real name?

• Bob Kiley

• James Kiley

• Richard Kiley

• Murray Kiley

How does Rat feel about the first letter he writes?

• He is unsure that he has accurately conveyed his feelings.

• He is nervous about how the recipient will judge the letters.

• He feels his writing is personal and touching.

• He hopes the recipient will not figure out that he is lying.

According to the narrator, "A true war story is never _________."

• Moral

• Happy

• Perfect

• Pleasant