Understanding 'The Lives of the Dead': An AP English Language Exercise
Question 1
Stories can physically protect individuals from harm.
Stories are a means of escaping reality permanently.
Stories have the power to keep memories of the deceased alive.
Stories are only useful for entertainment purposes.
Question 2
The platoon captured the sniper and interrogated him.
The platoon retreated without engaging the enemy.
Lieutenant Jimmy Cross ordered an air strike on the village.
The platoon suffered heavy casualties.
Question 3
They buried the body with full military honors.
They shook his hand and spoke to him as if he were alive.
They ignored the body and continued their mission.
They reported the death to their superiors and waited for instructions.
Question 4
The smell of burnt straw and destruction in the village.
The act of the soldiers greeting the dead old man.
The sight of the old man's missing arm.
The fear of being in a new and dangerous environment.
Question 5
The soldiers were indifferent, but the narrator showed compassion by burying the body.
The soldiers treated the body with a strange respect, while the narrator was repulsed and refused to participate.
The soldiers wanted to leave the body, but the narrator insisted on reporting it.
The soldiers were scared, but the narrator was curious and examined the body.
Question 6
The narrator's refusal to partake in the handshaking was a show of decency.
The narrator helped the platoon navigate through the village safely.
The narrator successfully completed his first combat mission.
The narrator showed bravery by being the first to shake the old man's hand.
Question 7
The old man's body reminded the narrator of Linda and his past.
Linda was a nurse who taught the narrator how to deal with dead bodies.
Linda was present during the air strike and helped the narrator cope.
Linda was a fellow soldier who died in the same village.
Question 8
Celebration of victory and the joy of survival.
The complexities of war, respect for the dead, and coping with mortality.
The importance of following military protocol at all times.
The soldiers' desire for revenge against the villagers.
Question 9
He found the act of greeting the dead body too real and unsettling.
He was afraid of contracting a disease from the corpse.
He did not want to participate in what he saw as a pointless ritual.
He did not feel it was respectful to the old man's memory.
Question 10
A gesture of friendship and an attempt to comfort the narrator.
Kiowa's disdain for the war and its senseless violence.
The narrator's homesickness and longing for normalcy.
A celebration of the platoon's victory over the village.
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