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The Things They Carried Study Guide

Authored by John Dugas

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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The Things They Carried Study Guide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who is the narrator of The Things They Carried?

Tim O'Brien
Jimmy Cross
Ted Lavender
Henry Dobbins

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What constantly distracts Lt. Jimmy Cross from his job?

safety of his soldiers
thoughts about his family
fear of death
thoughts of Martha

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why does Rat Kiley, the medic, carry M&Ms candy?

To help with morale
They are his favorite
To use as a placebo medicine for fatally wounded soldiers
He doesn't

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Whose death is foreshadowed in this chapter?

Ted Lavender

Tim O'Brien

Jimmy Cross

Norman Bowker

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which character carries a copy of the New Testament?

Tim O'Brien

Jimmy Cross

Rat Kiley

Kiowa

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Toward the end of the chapter, the narrator refers to "that big silver freedom bird" (O'Brien 22). To what does this phrase allude?

American bald eagle

Airplane

Spaceship

Type of popular car at the time

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"Hump it" means what?

To carry something
Dig a foxhole
Shoot at the enemy
Stay in formation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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