What is the reason Perry is able to send money to Kenny so that he can stay in school?
100
The first two chapters of the novel contain ___________ that reveal Richard Perry's memories of Harlem
What are flashbacks?
100
"H" word for a village.
What is a hamlet?
100
Can't accept Brew's death; walks away during a prayer for him
Who is Johnson?
100
"My father used to call all soldiers angel warriors."
Who is Lt. Carroll?
200
His death results in Perry writing his first letter home consoling a wife.
Who is Lieutenant Carroll?
200
An example of this literary element happens Dongan says Koreans are tougher than Vietnamese, and then he dies at the hands of the Vietnamese.
What is irony?
200
"P" word for fields of rice.
What are paddies?
200
Goes out on patrol with another unit and accidentally participates in the killing of American soldiers
Who is Richard Perry?
200
"You know how to type? I can use somebody in here who can type and speak English."
Who is Captain Stewart?
300
The first wounds Perry receives in Nam are in these two areas.
What are the leg and wrist?
300
When a story is told in small segments or "episodes" rather than as a traditional plot line
What is an episodic plot?
300
"G" word for untrainted combatants who fight separately from the NVA
What are guerillas?
300
The only character who makes it back safely to the US before Perry
Who is Sgt. Simpson?
300
"Vietnam don't mean nothing, man. We could do the same thing someplace else. We just over here killing people to let everybody know we gonna do it if it got to be done."
Who is Johnson?
400
Charlie is the codename for these.
Who are the enemies? Who are the Vietcong?
400
Jenkins says, "I think I'm going to die over here," as an example
What is foreshadowing?
400
"S" word for medicinal ointment.
What is salve?
400
Has a tendency to call people names such as "cootie" and "welcher"
Who is Walowick?
400
"I ain't got but one hundred and twenty days left over here . . . Now I ain't about to let neither one of you fools kill me, you hear?"
Who is Sgt. Simpson?
500
Perry decides to write to him because this man appreciated when Perry wrote to him while he was in prison.
Who is Howard?
500
"You're not in Disneyland," as an example.
What is an allusion?
500
"H" word for a battle helicopter.
What is a Huey?
500
Referred to as a "burnt offering"
Who is Lt. Carroll?
500
"First I volunteer for the army, then I volunteer for infantry and take advanced individual training in infantry. I serve my time over here, then I go to Officers Candidate School."