The things they carry
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED UNIT TEST
NAME_________________________
Part I. Matching (some may not be used)
WHO AM I? (2 pts.)
1. ______ I was the young girl who came over to see her boyfriend and eventually fell in love with Vietnam and become one with the land.
2. ______ I offered Tim 200.00 dollars and the opportunity to escape to
Canada when we went fishing in my boat.
3. ______ I played Volleyball at Mount Sebastian and wrote letters to Jimmy.
4. ______ I was the new medic and Tim O Brien and Azar played a mean trick on me while I was standing my post one night.
5. ______ I am insensitive and unsympathetic to several dead bodies throughout the story. I also make fun of a young Vietnamese girl.
6. ______ I carried around a “New Testament” bible with me and lost my life in the sewage field.
7. ______ I was killed while playing a game of catch with a grenade. Tim had to pick pieces of me out of a tree.
8. ______ Dave Jensen breaks my nose because I stole his jackknife.
9. ______ My real name is Bob. I was the platoon’s first medic.
10. ______ I snuck my girlfriend into Vietnam. She ended up leaving me for Green Berets.
11. ______ I wore my ex-girlfriend’s pantyhose on my neck as a good luck charm. They worked too!
12. ______ I used to always pop tranquilizers to calm myself and like to say we were in a “mellow” war.
13. ______ I hung myself in the locker room at the YMCA after the war. I couldn’t recover from the atrocities war bestowed upon me.
14. ______ I was Timmy’s 4th grade sweetheart. I loved to wear a red hat because I was losing my hair from the chemotherapy treatment.
15. ______ I am the lieutenant of the Alpha Company. I believe it is my duty to “lead” not “love.”
16. ______ I pick lice off of my body and send them back to the draft board in the states. I also refuse to forgive Jimmy Cross for Kiowa’s death because he should’ve known better.
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NAME_________________________
Part I. Matching (some may not be used)
WHO AM I? (2 pts.)
1. ______ I was the young girl who came over to see her boyfriend and eventually fell in love with Vietnam and become one with the land.
2. ______ I offered Tim 200.00 dollars and the opportunity to escape to
Canada when we went fishing in my boat.
3. ______ I played Volleyball at Mount Sebastian and wrote letters to Jimmy.
4. ______ I was the new medic and Tim O Brien and Azar played a mean trick on me while I was standing my post one night.
5. ______ I am insensitive and unsympathetic to several dead bodies throughout the story. I also make fun of a young Vietnamese girl.
6. ______ I carried around a “New Testament” bible with me and lost my life in the sewage field.
7. ______ I was killed while playing a game of catch with a grenade. Tim had to pick pieces of me out of a tree.
8. ______ Dave Jensen breaks my nose because I stole his jackknife.
9. ______ My real name is Bob. I was the platoon’s first medic.
10. ______ I snuck my girlfriend into Vietnam. She ended up leaving me for Green Berets.
11. ______ I wore my ex-girlfriend’s pantyhose on my neck as a good luck charm. They worked too!
12. ______ I used to always pop tranquilizers to calm myself and like to say we were in a “mellow” war.
13. ______ I hung myself in the locker room at the YMCA after the war. I couldn’t recover from the atrocities war bestowed upon me.
14. ______ I was Timmy’s 4th grade sweetheart. I loved to wear a red hat because I was losing my hair from the chemotherapy treatment.
15. ______ I am the lieutenant of the Alpha Company. I believe it is my duty to “lead” not “love.”
16. ______ I pick lice off of my body and send them back to the draft board in the states. I also refuse to forgive Jimmy Cross for Kiowa’s death because he should’ve known better.
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