CHARACTERS
This character's unrequited feelings for a woman distracts him from his duty.
Who is Lieutenant Jimmy Cross?
The narrator talks about this character multiple times, specifically the way he was killed by a landmine.
Who is Curt Lemon?
The narrator says this about stories that never happened.
That they can not happen and still be true.
Which soldier kept trying to talk about a comrade's death, even though no one wanted to hear about it?
Who is Kiowa?
Jimmy Cross carries this as a good luck charm.
What is a pebble gifted to him by Martha?
This character has a reputation for exaggeration and going off on tangents when telling stories.
Who is Rat Kiley?
This character was fatally shot after going to the bathroom.
Who is Ted Lavender?
Curt Lemon and Mitchell Sanders tossed this item to another for fun.
What is a smoke grenade?
Jimmy Cross upsets Martha when he confesses to this.
What is telling her he wanted to tie her to her bed and touch her kneee?
Rat Kiley carried these recreational items.
What are comic books?
This character arranged to have his girlfriend brought to 'Nam, only to regret it later.
Who is Mark Fossie?
This soldier died after his leg was blown off at the knee. Before he died, he asked his comrade not to kill him.
Who is Lee Strunk?
Mary Anne later wears a necklace made out of these.
What are human tongues?
This character says, "I want to eat this place," about Vietnam.
Who is Mary Anne Bell?
Item carried by Kiowa that reflects his Native American heritage
What is a hatchet? (Another correct response would be: what are moccasins?)
This character helped Tim by not judging him and not asking any nosy questions.
Who is Elroy Berdahl?
After Rat shoots a baby water buffalo, two other soldiers do this with it.
What is throwing it down a well?
When Tim is on the Rainy River with Elroy, he sees what people?
Who are his parents, people from his past and his community, people from his future, Abraham Lincoln, and other political figures?
This person tells a story about Curt Lemon going trick-or-treating with nothing but a mask, boots, and his rifle.
Who is Rat Kiley?
All the soldiers in Alpha Company carried something non-tangible. It relates to the name of the chapter, "The Things They Carried."
What are ghosts?
This soldier tells a story about six men in a unit who blew up an entire mountain after hearing voices.
Who is Mitchell Sanders?
This soldier killed a comrade's puppy and then acted like it was a joke.
Who is Azar?
These individuals are described by Rat as antisocial creatures, not to mention "animals?"
Who are the Green Berets or Greenies?
When a colonel asks one of the men in the six-man unit why they had to use so much weaponry to blow up a mountain that was supposed to be a listening post, the soldier responds like this.
What is saying nothing at all?
Norman Bowker carries this item, that was given to him by Mitchell sanders
What is a thumb taken from the body of a Viet Cong fighter?