The Basics
What They Carried
Alpha Company Men
Deaths
Literary Devices
100
The author of The Things They Carried
Who is Tim O'Brien?
100
Letters and a picture of Martha
Who is Jimmy Cross?
100
The Lieutenant who blamed the death of one of his men on his daydreaming
Who is Jimmy Cross?
100
Was shot and then sank into the muck of a village latrine.
Who is Kiowa?
100

Throughout all of the stories, O'Brien speaks in detail of the things the soldiers carry. The weight of these things is symbolic for ___________________.

What are intangible burdens (fear, shame, grief, ghosts)?

200
The Vietnam War occured during these years
What is 1954-1975?
200
New Testament and distrust of the white man
Who is Kiowa
200

The soldier who blames himself for Kiowa's death near the Song Tra Bong.

Who is Norman Bowker?

200

Shot through the head outside of Than Khe when he went to pee- "zapped while zipping" (16).


Who is Ted Lavender?

200

O'Brien's reason for not running away to Canada when he had the chance. This is a running theme throughout the text.

What is he was afraid of shaming his family and his country?

300
The name of the platoon that Tim O'Brien was in during the war before getting shot
What is Alpha Company?
300
Girlfriend's pantyhose
Who is Henry Dobbins?
300

This soldier sends lice to his draft board in Ohio

Who is Mitchell Sanders?

300

Survived the war, but felt he had no purpose back at home; Died at the YMCA.

Who is Norman Bowker?

300

What is the significance of the Rainy River? What does it symbolize?

What is a moral dilemma?

400
The American Army's enemy (who were they fighting?) in the Vietnam War?
Who are the North Vietnamese? Who are the Viet Cong?
400
Tranquilizers and dope
Who is Ted Lavender?
400

The soldier who made tasteless jokes, attached a claymore mine to a puppy and excused it by saying, "I'm just a kid!"

Who is Azar?

400

This death of Tim O'Brien's innocence is symbolizeed by this death. 

Who is th Vitnamese man in the story "The Man I Killed"?

400

The novel The Things They Carried is about the Vietnam war, but it is also about _________________.

What is storytelling, or writing to get at the truth?

500
Type of fighting/warfare of the Vietnamese forces
What is guerrilla warfare/ambushing
500
Comic books and M&Ms
Who is Rat Kiley?
500
This soldier (name the soldier) tells a story about a soldier (name the soldier) who brings his girlfriend (name the girlfriend) to Vietnam. [THREE NAMES, IN ORDER]
Who are Rat Kiley, Mark Fossie, and Mary Anne?
500

Mitchell Sanders presented this gift to Norman Bowker.

What is the thumb of a dead 15 year-old Vietnamese boy?

500

Name the literary term described below:

O'Brien's novel is nonlinear; it moves fluidly between preVietnam, during Vietnam, and after Vietnam in a circular motion.

What is structure?

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