TTTC quiz 1: chapters 1-4
1. What distracts Cross
constantly?
A. His fear of death
B. His thoughts about his family
C. His unrequited love for Martha
D. The safety of his fellow soldiers
2. Who is the narrator?
A. Jimmy Cross B. Ted Lavender
C. Rat Kiley D. Tim O’Brien
3. Who is shot and killed?
A. Ted Lavender
B. Jimmy Cross
C. Kiowa D. Rat Kiley
4. What do Kiowa and Bowker talk about?
A. When the war will end
B. World politics
C. the brevity of life
D. Their girlfriends back home
5. What does Jimmy do with
Martha’s letters?
A. He buries them
B. He gives them to O’Brien
C. He burns them
D. He mails them to his parents
6. Whom does Cross go to
visit?
A. Tim O’Brien B. His parents
C. Martha D. Kiowa
7. When does Cross see Martha
again?
A. Immediately after the war
B. Never
C. At their college reunion
D. On vacation in
8. How does Martha react to
Cross’s profession of love?
A. She says nothing
B. She tells him she loves him back
C. She tells him she hates him
D. She tells him she’s in love with someone else
9. What does Martha give
Cross?
A. A gold wedding ring
B. One hundred dollars
C. A handwritten letter
D. A new picture of herself
10. What does Cross ask
O’Brien to do in the book he is writing?
A. Tell the truth
B. Leave him out of it
C. Make him look good
D. Not write it at all
11. What do Dobbins and Bowker do in their foxhole?
A. Read to each other
B. Embrace
C. Play checkers
D. Write letters to their loved ones
12. What do the soldiers hire
“poppa-san” to do?
A. Guide them through a minefield
B. Entertain them
C. Cook local cuisine for them
D. Train them
13. What does Kiowa teach Kiley and Jensen?
A. How to build a fire
B. Lessons from the Bible
C. How to read
D. A rain dance
14. Which soldier is dead in
the tree?
A. Kiowa B.
Bowker
C. Cross
D. Lemon
15. What does Kiowa say to
O’Brien after the young Vietnamese man’s death?
A. O’Brien is a murderer
B. O’Brien didn’t have a chance
C. O’Brien is a hero
D. It was an accident
16. How does O’Brien feel
about the war after he graduates from college?
A. He thinks the war is wrong
B. He is in favor of the war
C. He wants to fight for
D. He doesn’t care at all about the war
17. What worries O’Brien
about his potential flight to
A. He fears the war will not be won without him
B. He fears he will be caught
C. He fears what his community will say about him
D. He fears he will feel guilty about not going to war
18. How long does O’Brien
stay at the Tip Top Lodge?
A. 6 hours
B. 6 days
C. 6 weeks
D. 6 months
19. What does O’Brien finally
decide to do?
A. Flee to
B. Stay with Elroy
C. Find Martha
D. Go to war
20. Why does O’Brien decide
to go to war?
A. He believes in the cause
B. He’s too embarrassed not to
C. He doesn’t want to go to jail
D. Elroy tells him to go