The Things They Carried: "Good Form" Quiz: Quick Quiz

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What does O'Brien compare?

Life and death
Moral and immoral actions
Real truth and story truth
Golf and baseball

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What did O'Brien say he saw on the trail near My Khe?

A man die
Kids at play
A napalm bombing
A vision of Jesus

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What does O'Brien say he wants to accomplish by not being truthful?

He wants to mess with the reader's mind.
He wants to distort reality.
He wants to display the craziness of Vietnam.
He wants to elicit emotional truth.

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What does O'Brien imagine his daughter asking him?

How he survived the war
If he killed someone
How the war affected him
If Martha and Cross married

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How does O'Brien imagine his response to his daughter's question?

He refuses to answer her question.
He chides her for asking.
He tells the truth, then lies.
He wishes she did not ask him.

The Things They Carried

"Good Form" Quiz

1 of 5
What does O'Brien compare?

2 of 5
What did O'Brien say he saw on the trail near My Khe?

3 of 5
What does O'Brien say he wants to accomplish by not being truthful?

4 of 5
What does O'Brien imagine his daughter asking him?

5 of 5
How does O'Brien imagine his response to his daughter's question?

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1 of 5 What does O'Brien compare?

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4 of 5 What does O'Brien imagine his daughter asking him?

5 of 5 How does O'Brien imagine his response to his daughter's question?

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Themes MAIN IDEAS

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1 of 5
What does O'Brien compare?

2 of 5
What did O'Brien say he saw on the trail near My Khe?

3 of 5
What does O'Brien say he wants to accomplish by not being truthful?

4 of 5
What does O'Brien imagine his daughter asking him?

5 of 5
How does O'Brien imagine his response to his daughter's question?