"The Things They Carried"
"How to Tell A True War Story"
"On the Rainy River"
"Enemies" "Friends"
Misc.
100
Throughout the chapter “The Things They Carried”, this character who is continuously revisited in Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’ thoughts is:
Who is Martha?
100
Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon play catch with this.
What is a smoke grenade?
100
In this chapter, Tim O'Brien hides his draft notice in this.
What is a wallet?
100
This item is at the center of a fight between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk.
What is a jackknife?
100

Why does ________ shoot and kill the baby buffalo?

Who is Rat Kiley and because he wanted it to feel the pain he felt after Lemons death.

200
Martha plays this sport.
What is volleyball?
200
Curt Lemon steps on this and dies.
What is a mine?
200

Where does O’Brien go after receiving his draft notice?

The Tip Top Lodge

200
If one gets badly injured, the other will make sure he dies.
What is the pact between Jensen and Strunk?
200

Who went trick-or-treating in Vietnam?

Curt Lemon

300
This character is shot in the head and killed.
Who is Ted Lavender?
300

The song Dive Jensen was singing while he and O'Brien threw down their friends body parts after the explosion.

What is "Lemon Tree"?

300
This was Tim O'Brien's summer job before the Vietnam War.
What is working at a meatpacking factory?
300
This soldier broke another soldier's nose.
Who is Dave Jensen?
300

What is the name of O'Brien's daughter?

Who is Kathleen

400
Jimmy Cross and Martha reunite at this event.
What is a college reunion?
400

In the story Mitchell Sanders tells, this person asks the six-man patrol for an explanation about their use of firepower. They answer by saying nothing and walking away.

Who is the colonel?

400

Why does O’Brien call himself a coward — and what does he want the reader to question about that label?

What is because he followed social pressure; courage isn’t always heroic. 

400

How does Jensen even the score after injuring Strunk?

What is Breaking his own nose?

400

What game does Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins play every evening before dark? And why is it significant?

What is checkers, and because it shows exactly what war isnt, and it shows how soldiers try to create normalcy and control in a situation that is completely chaotic.


500
The meaning of the title "The Things They Carried" is heightened when the narrator shares that all men in Alpha Company carried these:
What are ghosts?
500
These two details turned out to be fictional in Mitchell Sander's "true war story."
What is the glee club? and What are the chimes?
500
Tim refers to this person when he says that his story is a "small gesture of gratitude twenty years overdue".
Who is Elroy?
500
This character creates or adds to the conflict (sometimes unintentionally) that the protagonist faces.
What is the antagonist?
500

What movie does Jimmy take Martha to in 1979?

What is Bonnie and Clyde?

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