TTTC QUIZ QUESTIONS

Question 1

This character often thinks of his unrequited love, Martha

Answer 1

Jimmy Cross

Question 2

What is he steps on a landmine

Answer 2

Curt Lemon

Question 3

This person’s girlfriend is Mary Anne

Answer 3

Mark Fossie

Question 4

This character is distraught over his friend Curt Lemon’s death

Answer 4

Rat Kiley

Question 5

Lee Strunk and this person make a pact with that if anything happens to the other, they will put him out of his misery

Answer 5

Dave Jensen

Question 6

O’Brien and Elroy play this game

Answer 6

scrabble

Question 7

O’Brien was conflicted about going to war for these reasons

Answer 7

he is a liberal, yet he fears the consequences of fleeing to Canada

Question 8

True or false: O’Brien ultimately goes to war because he does not want his girlfriend to think he is a coward.

Answer 8

false

Question 9

O’Brien’s writing provides a contrast between these two types of “truths.”

Answer 9

story truth & happening truths

Question 10

O’Brien says a war story is true if it makes this part of the body believe

Answer 10

stomach

Question 11

He was ______ about the outcome of the situation and did not do anything to try and fix it.

Answer 11

indifferent

Question 12

It was _______ that he would get in trouble for talking back to the teacher.

Answer 12

inveitable

Question 13

This word is a synonym for religious

Answer 13

pious

Question 14

Disagree is an antonym for this word

Answer 14

acquiesce

Question 15

To use one’s will/choice

Answer 15

volition

Question 16

Vincent was accused of ______ when his part of the presentation was not done by the due date

Answer 16

negligence

Question 17

Fred saw _______ results from all of his studying, bring his grade up from a C to an A-

Answer 17

tangible

Question 18

Sandra sent a _______ text to her friend Stacy; Stacy did not know what it meant

Answer 18

cryptic

Question 19

He was awarded a medal for an act of ______ during his time in the military

Answer 19

valor

Question 20

Crying is a great ______ for releasing pain and anger

Answer 20

catharsis

Question 21

What is Mary Anne’s necklace made out of?

Answer 21

human tongues

Question 22

Jimmy Cross burns his photos/letters from Martha for this reason

Answer 22

he believes his obsession with Martha caused Ted Lavender’s death

Question 23

This happens to Lee Strunk’s leg

Answer 23

he steps on a mortar round, his right leg/knee get ripped off

Question 24

These changes foreshadow Mary Anne’s dramatic transformation soon after she arrives in Vietnam

Answer 24

her body loses its softness, she stops giggling, and won’t hold hold her boyfriend’s hand anymore

Question 25

This is the deeper significance of the phrase “The Things They Carried.”

Answer 25

soldiers carry both physical items for war and the emotional/mental toll of combat wherever they go