Record the correct answer on the provided answer sheet.
1. Which war is the subject of this book?
a. The Korean War
b. The first Gulph War
c. WWII
d. The Vietnam War
2. Who is the narrator of the novel?
a. Jimmy Cross
b. Rat Kiley
c. Kiowa
d. Tim O’Brien
3. This book is simultaneously a
a. A protest novel, historical account, government propaganda
b. a non-fictional work and master story-telling
c. a writer’s memoir, a war autobiography, and a group of fictional stories
d. a collection of poetic reflections and psychology
4. The book is set in all of the following places except:
a. Minnesota
b. Canadian border
c. Vietnam
d. Florida
5. What does Jimmy Cross treasure most?
a. His gun
b. His bible
c. His rank
d. Letters from his girl
6. Martha is:
a. A student
b. A nurse
c. An actress
d. A soldier
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7. What was Ted Lavender doing when he died?
a. Sleeping
b. Swimming
c. Engaging with the enemy
d. Returning from urinating
8. Who is Linda?
a. Jimmy Cross’s sweetheart
b. Tim O’Brien’s wife
c. Tim O’Brien’s childhood sweetheart
d. Tim O’Brien’s daughter
9. What did Linda die of?
a. A heart attack
b. A tumor
c. Tuberculosis
d. A stray bullet
10. All of the following stories are in the collection except:
a. “How to Kill a Viet Cong”
b. “The Man I Killed”
c. “Notes”
d. “How to Tell a True War Story”
11. In many of the stories the author has a habit or reporting his present day age to be:
a. 22
b. 38
c. 43
d. 49
12. Where is O’Brien when he finally decides to go to Vietnam?
a. In a boat on a river
b. In a meatpacking plant
c. In graduate school
d. Home
13. Which character dies in a shit field?
a. Norman Bowker
b. Rat Kiley
c. Kurt Lemon
d. Kiowa
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14. Which character takes his own life after surviving the war?
a. Kiowa
b. Norman Bowker
c. Kurt Lemon
d. Ted Lavender
15. Henry Dobbins had a habit of wrapping what item around his neck for good luck?
a. The dog tags of dead soldiers
b. A necklace of enemy ears
c. Extra bullets
d. His girlfriend’s pantyhose
16. What does O’Brien tell the reader his answer to his daughter’s question “Have you ever
killed anyone?” is?
a. Yes
b. No
c. He refuses to answer
d. Honestly, yes and no
17. Who said the following, “I’m not dead, but when I am it’s like…I don’t know, I guess it’s
like being inside a book that nobody’s reading.”
a. Martha
b. Mark Fossie
c. Linda
d. Kathleen
18. What would O’Brien’s daughter rather him write about than his war experience?
a. A girl who wins a million dollars and buys a Shetland pony
b. Her
c. A wedding
d. A vacation to Disneyland
19. What is Jimmy Cross’s rank?
a. Lieutenant
b. Private
c. Corporal
d. General
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20. How does Ted Lavender cope with the war?
a. Writing letters
b. Reading the bible and praying
c. Shooting everything that moves
d. Drugs
21. In the story “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” what becomes of Mary Anne Bell during
her trip to visit her boyfriend?
a. She joins the Green Berets
b. She is blown up by a mine
c. She becomes addicted to opium
d. She marries her boyfriend in a tent
22. At the end of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” what is Mary Anne Bell wearing?
a. A flak jacket
b. Naked with an army helmet
c. An American flag
d. A necklace of tongues
23. How does O’Brien kill a Vietnamese soldier outside of My Khe?
a. Stabbing
b. Drowning
c. Shoots him point blank
d. Grenade
24. Who runs the Tip Top Lodge where O’Brien briefly takes refuge from the draft?
a. Elroy Berdahl
b. Ben Dover
c. Norman Bowker
d. Ted Lavender
25. When O’Brien returns to Vietnam after more than 20 years, who does he bring with him?
a. His wife
b. Linda
c. Martha
d. Kathleen