"The Things They Carried" and "Love"
The war in which all of the stories take place.
What is The Vietnam War?
Ted Lavender adopts a puppy, but then Azar does this to it.
What is blow it up/strap it to a landmine?
O'Brien decides to flee to this country when he is drafted for the war.
What is Canada?
Lee Strunk sustains this injury from Dave Jensen in a fight.
What is a broken nose?
Henry Dobbins says he wants to become this after the war.
What is a preacher/minister?
The narrator of this audiobook (HINT: he is the one who knocks).
Who is Bryan Cranston?
The girl that Jimmy Cross obsesses over in these two chapters.
Who is Martha?
Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker sit in a foxhole and play this boardgame.
What is checkers?
What is 21?
Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen fight over this stolen item.
What is a jackknife?
Kiowa's feelings about setting up camp in a church.
What is he doesn't like it?
2 truths and a lie:
1. My father is 80 years old
2. I've played 11 instruments in my life
3. I've been to Texas
This man is shot and killed during a mission; Jimmy Cross blames himself for his death.
Who is Ted Lavender?
Kiowa teaches Rat Kiley and Dave Jensen this dance.
What is a rain dance?
The name of the inn that O'Brien stayed at for six days.
What is The Tip Top Lodge?
Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen make this pact to eachother.
What is "If one of them would be wounded, the other would put them out of their misery."?
Dobbins tells Kiowa that all he wants to do/all they can do is this.
What is "Be nice"?
During "Love", O'Brien and Cross switch from coffee to this alcoholic beverage as they talk about the war.
What is Gin?
O'Brien describes these in this chapter as the reasons the soldiers have the things they carry.
What is role/rank/necessity.
An old "Poppa-san" guides the men of Alpha Company through this.
What is a minefield?
The man who runs the inn that O'Brien stays at.
Who is Elroy Berdahl?
Lee Strunk sustains this injury before his death in the chapter "Friends"
What is leg blown off?
Compare Faith and Religion.
Faith is a strong belief you can have in a idea/person/thing/etc.
The rapper Future's real name.
Who is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn?
The photo that Jimmy Cross carries shows his love interest playing this sport.
What is Volleyball?
An unnamed soldier goes AWOL to hook up with a person acting as this role.
What is a Red Cross nurse?
The river that the inn sits on/that borders America and Canada.
What is the Colorado River?
In May of 2019, this videogame surpassed Tetris as the best selling videogame of all time, selling upwards of 238 million copies.
What is Minecraft?