Characters
What character was known for using the word "mellow"?
Ted Lavender
Linda wore a red cap to cover her cancer.
True
"It was a stocking cap, basically, except the tapered part at the top seemed extra long, almost too long, like a tail growing out of the back of her head" (O'Brien 217)
Similie
What color was the cap of Linda?
Red
What character revealed Linda's cancer without her permission?
Nick Veenhof
Soldiers had different coping methods to relieve their stress from tough situations from war.
True
“Even then, at nine years old, I wanted to live inside her body. I wanted to melt into her bones”(O’Brien 216).
Hyperbole
How old and what grade was Tim O'Brien and Linda when they went to the movies?
9 years old in the 4th grade.
What character became at peace with their memories and the deaths that happened around them?
Tim O'Brien
Linda was comfortable and revealing about her cancer.
False
“The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on ice” (O’Brien 223).
Similie
What gesture did the soldiers do the dead old man in the village?
They raised a toast to him.
Who did the soldiers toast to?
The Dead Old Man
Ted Lavender has no impact on the soldiers after his death, and the soldiers just went on with war.
False
"It made me think of the caps that Santa’s elves wear, the same shape and color, the same fuzzy white tassel at the tip” (O'Brien 217)
Metaphor
How old was Tim O'Brien (the narrator) when he was writing this chapter?
43
What character was apart of Tim O'Brien's early confrontation to death?
Linda
Tim O'Brien's description of his memories during his childhood are truly correct and have no influence from outside factors.
False
"Mellow-a nice smooth war today" (O'Brien 218)
Juxtaposition
What sea was the little village along?
South China Sea