The Things They Carried Quiz

The men on the six-man reconnaissance trip to the mountains were bothered by:

• Swarms of mosquitoes

• Ghostly visions all around them

• Mortar attacks

• The sound of music

Who tells the story of Mary Anne Bell?

• Mark Fossie

• Rat Kiley

• Ted Lavender

• Eddie Diamond

When telling the story of Mary Anne Bell, Tim O'Brien says "It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite: he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so that you would feel exactly what he felt" (85). What does this quote imply to the reader about Rat Kiley?

• He's a pathological liar

• He likes to exaggerate to get his point across

• He enjoys putting one over on his fellow soldiers

• He is delusional

When Mary Anne Bell first arrives in Vietnam, she can best be described as:

• Quiet, shy, and cleanly

• Young, innocent, and girly

• Curious, simple-minded, light-hearted

• Stand-offish, desolate, dangerous

What medical procedure do the medics perform most often and how did Mary Anne respond to her first experience with this?

• Blood transfusion; she fainted

• Broken bones; she would calm the men down in the medic tent

• Amputations; she wasn’t afraid to get her hands bloody

• All of the above

The first sign in Mary Anne Bell's transformation is when:

• She goes out on night raids

• She begins to become curious and ask questions

• She begins to stop taking care of her hygiene

• She stays in the bunker with the Greenies

Who are the "Greenies"?

• The VC

• American Medics

• Special Operations Task Team

• Monks

The platoon discovers what Mary Anne was doing with the "Greenies" one night when she went missing. What was she doing?

• Cheating on Fossie

• Learning about the culture in Vietnam

• Going out on ambush

• None of these

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

• It isn't okay to put young men through the trauma of war any more than women

• Mary Anne is just as prepared for battle as the real soldiers

• Like Mary Anne, all soldiers will transform in to emotionless killers

• All of the soldiers in Vietnam were young, blond, and innocent.

What new accessory has Mary Anne acquired by the end of the chapter?

• A necklace made of teeth

• A necklace made of tongues

• A necklace made of ears

• A necklace made of fingers