Plot 1
Plot 2
Vocabulary
Character Identification
Character by Quote
100
Richard sends Kenny this for his birthday.
What is a silk jacket with a map of Vietnam on the back?
100
This causes Perry to have a medical profile that should prohibit him from going into combat.
What is a basketball-related knee injury?
100
"M" word for a specific tropical disease that spreads through infected mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
100
Johnson fires a gun at his feet in defense of Peewee
Who is Captain Stewart?
100
"The letter I wrote is going to sit better with his family."
Who is Richard Perry?
200
The type of letter Earlene writes to Peewee, explaining that she's breaking up with him.
What is a "Dear John" letter?
200
Medal awarded to soldiers who are wounded in combat.
What is the Purple Heart?
200
"h" word for a hereditary disease that affects the blood's ability to clot
What is hemophilia?
200
Uses movies as a defense mechanism so that he won't have to think about war
Who is Lobel?
200
"Okay, so you guys are all invited to the wedding. I'll plan it so that the wedding will be after the last guy in the squad leaves Nam."
Who is Monaco?
300
Offers Perry the most comfort when he is grief-stricken.
Who is Peewee?
300
A mistake that Perry makes that could have killed his entire squad.
What is "setting the claymores in the wrong direction"?
300
"M" word for a helicopter that transports wounded soldiers to field hospitals
What is a medevac?
300
A gentle, scared medic
Who is Jamal?
300
"Somebody must have told them suckers I was coming . . . 'Cause I don't see none of 'em around here. They don't want their butts kicked."
Who is Peewee?
400
How Perry first realizes Brew is dead.
What is the significance of him hearing the zipper?
400
The most harrowing image of war in Peewee's mind. This shook him.
What was the impact of Peewee seeing a mother attach explosives to her own child?
400
"B" word for a belt crisscrossed over a soldier's chest for carrying ammo
What is a bandolier?
400
The nurse who becomes disillusioned about what it means to be a nurse in a war.
Who is Judy?
400
"I tell most people I'm from Dallas, but I'm really from Irving."
Who is Judy Duncan?
500
This makes the stewardess uncomfortable when Perry and Peewee fly home.
What is the impact of her seeing Peewee and Perry holding hands?
500
A nightmare that comes true for Peewee and Perry when they are separated from their squad.
What causes them to have to spend the night in a VC spider hole?
500
Two words, initials "P.S." used for sharpened bamboo stuck into the ground to impale or jab
What are punji sticks?
500
Steals a statue from a Vietnamese village
Who is Brunner?
500
"He shouldn't have called me no farm boy. If he calls me a farm boy, I'm going to call him a cootie again."
Who is Walowick?
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