Ole Timmy O'Brien
The Things They Carried-Characters
Vietnam War
The Things They Carried-Plot
The Things They Carried
100
O'Brien was born in this town.
What is Austin, MN?
100
This man was the leader of Alpha Company.
Who is Lt. Jimmy Cross?
100
America was fighting in the Vietnam War in order to stop the domino effect of this.
What is Communism.
100
Tim feels bad the most because he did this before Kiowa was killed.
What is turn on a flashlight?
100
This character carried comic books.
Who is Rat Kiley?
200
O'Brien got his bachelor's degree from this college.
What is McCalister College?
200
This girl was sent over by Mark Fossie to Vietnam to give him some company.
Who is Mary Anne Bell?
200
These were the capitals of North and South Vietnam respectively.
What are Hanoi and Saigon?
200
On a scale of 1 to 10, this is how MOIST the field where Kiowa dies is.
What is 10
200
The pantyhose was carried around the neck of this character.
Who is Henry Dobbins?
300
O'Brien's work commonly utilizes this technique, meaning to blue fiction and reality.
What is verisimilitude?
300
This character expressed an interest in joining a monastery after the war.
Who is Henry Dobbins?
300
This European country had a colony in Vietnam at the beginning of the Vietnam war.
What is France?
300
The man Tim killed had this instead of an eye.
What is a star-shaped hole
300
Ted Lavender was best known for carrying these.
What are tranquilizers?
400
This is the title of O'Brien's first book.
What is If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home.
400
This man hung himself a few months after "Speaking of Courage" was published.
Who is Norman Bowker?
400
The United States withdrew from the Vietnam in this year.
When is 1973?
400
This person refused to help Tim scare Bobby Jorgensen.
Who is Mitchell Sanders?
400
This character carried a red bonnet.
Who is Linda?
500
O'Brien currently teaches creative writing at this university.
What is Texas State University- San Marcos.
500
This man praised O'Brien for not shaking the dead man's hand.
Who is Kiowa?
500
This man was in charge of the Vietcong forces.
Who is Ho Chi Minh
500
These are three things (pick any three) that Norman Bowker observed while driving around the lake in his hometown.
What are two little boys hiking, a man with a stalled motorboat, waterskiiers, two mud hens, a woman fishing, and a high school band.
500
This character carried a slingshot.
Who is Lee Strunk?
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