The Things They Carried

From which diary is the opening passage taken?

• Vietnam War Diary

• 1968 Diary

• O'Brien's Diary

• Andersonville Diary

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

Who is the would-be girlfriend of Jimmy Cross?

• Marlene

• Martha

• Margaret

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the favorite food of Henry Dobbins?

• Canned peaches

• Pound cake

• Canned peaches over pound cake

• Chocolate bar

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Whose death is foreshadowed in this chapter?

• Ted Lavender

• Tim O'Brien

• Jimmy Cross

• Norman Bowker

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does Jimmy carry for good luck?

• Rabbit's foot

• Four-leaf clover

• Baseball hat

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is Dobbins constantly seeking?

• Gold

• Moral

• Morale

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which character carries a copy of the New Testament?

• Tim O'Brien

• Jimmy Cross

• Rat Kiley

• Kiowa

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Jimmy Cross do the morning after he loses one of his soldiers?

• Cries

• Buries his body

• Burns letters from his would-be girlfriend

• Burns photographs of his would-be girlfriend

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What literary device is used in this quote?

"They carried all they could bare, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3