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The Things They Carried Ch. 17, 18, 19

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who makes the decision to NOT alert Lt. Cross about finding the body?

a)

Rat Kiley

b)

Mitchell Sanders

c)

Henry Dobbins

d)

Azar

2.
What did Kiowa's father do? 
a)
Work as a gardener
b)
Teach Sunday school
c)
Teach elementary school
d)
Work as a mechanic
3.

Who defends Lt. Cross from being at fault when the other guys want to blame him?

a)

Mitchell Sanders

b)

Henry Dobbins

c)

Norman Bowker

d)

Azar

4.
What source of light gave away the platoon's position? 
a)
A cigarette
b)
A camp fire
c)
A camera flash
d)
A flashlight
5.

What was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"

a)

A picture of his girlfriend

b)

A postcard from home

c)

A passage in the Bible

d)

A medal for bravery

6.
How many years has it been since the war for the author, at the time of writing the novel? 
a)
30 years
b)
20 years
c)
2 years
d)
10 years
7.

Which feeling does the narrator not admit to about the war?

a)

Guilt

b)

Sadness

c)

Responsibility

d)

Grief

8.

How does the narrator find relief from his feelings about the war?

a)

He cries

b)

He works out

c)

He writes stories

d)

He visits VA hospitals

9.

Who is curious about if the narrator killed anybody?

a)

His daughter

b)

His friend

c)

His wife

d)

His son

10.

What does the author say about truth?

a)

Story-truth is more real than happening-truth

b)

Truth is absolute

c)

Everyone has their own truth

d)

Truth is unattainable

11.
What question of Kathleen's does Tim have a hard time finding an answer to? 
a)
Why did he write war stories?
b)
Why were they visiting Vietnam?
c)
Why was there a war?
d)
Why did he kill the man in the trail?
12.
What landmark was Tim able to recognize in the field where Kiowa died, years later? 
a)
The place where his foxhole was
b)
The small area where Lt. Cross had set up command post
c)
The exact place where Kiowa was hit by a shell
d)
The landing area the men cleared for the chopper
13.

What personal item did Tim "bury" in the river?

a)

Kiowa's moccasins

b)

Lt. Cross's pebble

c)

Henry Dobbins' panty hose

d)

A picture of his old girlfriend

14.
Other than Kathleen and Tim, who else watched him get into the river? 
a)
A young child eating
b)
A woman carrying a basket
c)
A young man hauling rice
d)
An old man farming
15.
How did the old farmer react to Tim? 
a)
He raised a shovel in defiance
b)
He smiled as he drove past
c)
He gave him a hug
d)
He shook hands and shared war stories