Title, On the Rainy River, The Man I Killed, Ambush: TTTC Quiz

In the chapter titled “The Things They Carried,” Lt. Cross’s anxieties stem mostly from

• inadequacy and cruelty

• greed and vengeance

• fear and cynicism

• obsession and guilt 

• pride and arrogance

In the chapter titled “The Things They Carried,” O’Brien lists the items the soldiers carry in part to

• juxtapose the American soldiers with the Viet Cong

• foreshadow their deaths

• illustrate the fragmentation of memory

• demonstrate how ill-equipped soldiers in Vietnam were

• introduce the characters’ personalities

In the chapter titled “On the Rainy River,” O’Brien grapples with competing feelings of

• obligation and hatred

• fear and shame 

• anger and humility

• nostalgia and apathy

• spite and insecurity

In the chapter titled “On the Rainy River,” O’Brien considers his decision to go to war to be

• cowardly

• brave

• moral

• logical

• patriotic

In the chapter titled “The Man I Killed,” O’Brien’s guilt over the killing the Vietnamese soldier manifests itself in

• memories of his father’s stories from the Korean War

• fantasies about the soldier’s life

• desires to run away from his platoon

• urges to kill more people

• attempts to make jokes out of death

In the chapters titled “The Man I Killed and “Ambush,” Kiowa’s treatment of O’Brien can be best described as

• callous but merciful

• compassionate but blunt

• supportive but critical

• joking but sympathetic

• forgiving but resentful