The Things They Carried Ch. 1 -3

The author of The Things They Carried is...

• Tim O'Brien

• Tim O'Brian

• Tom O'Brien

• Tom O'Brian

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

What constantly distracts Lt. Jimmy Cross from his job?

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

What is the favorite food of Henry Dobbins?

• Canned peaches

• Pound cake

• Canned peaches over pound cake

• Chocolate bar

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

Whose death is foreshadowed in this chapter?

• Ted Lavender

• Tim O'Brien

• Jimmy Cross

• Norman Bowker

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which character carries a copy of the New Testament?

• Tim O'Brien

• Jimmy Cross

• Rat Kiley

• Kiowa

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What topic was conspicuously absent in Martha's letters?

• college

• the war

• feelings of affection

• her daily routine

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

"Hump it" means what?

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The war stories in The Things They Carried take place during...

• World War II

• the Gulf War

• the Korean War

• the Vietnam War.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.9

"Lieutenant Jimmy Cross reminded himself that his obligation was not to be loved but to ______ ."

• love

• laugh

• lie

• lead

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4