Baby water buffalo
Rules of a True War Story
Dentist chapter
Listening Patrol (LP)
General questions
100

Platoon finds baby water buffalo while in geographic area (plains, desert, etc)

Mountains

100

A true war story is never this

Moral

100

Platoon stays near this body of water

South China Sea

100

How many men were in the operation

Six

100

Character who suffers smoke grenade accident

Curt Lemon

200

What is the emotional reason for Rat Kiley to take his violence out on the water buffalo

Grief from Curt Lemon's death

200

Tim O'Brien actually says this type of war story aspect is often true (hint: NOT the normal stuff)

Crazy stuff

200

Vehicle army dentist uses to fly to platoon's location

Chopper/helicopter

200

Amount of days the LP is ordered to stay in the mountains

Seven days straight

200

Who does Rat Kiley write a personal letter to

Curt Lemon's sister
300

Rat Kiley shoots the animal in these types of location to make sure it feels pain

Non-lethal spots

300

A war story never seems to ____

End

300

Curt Lemon does this before dentist begins examination

Fainting

300
The patrol needed to maintain this type of regulation in the mountain (HINT: ___ discipline)

Field discipline

300

Phrase Rat Kiley uses to describe Curt Lemon's sister

Dumb cooze
400

How did the platoon react

Stood in circle and watched
400

A war story is not actually about war, but about ___ and ___

Love and memory

400

When does Lemon sneak into the tent to demand dental extraction

Middle of the night

400

To destroy the mountains, the patrol called in what

Fighter jets

400

Character who narrates the story about the mountain patrol

Mitchell Sanders

500

Where did the platoon dispose of the water buffalo

Village well

500

Sometimes, a true war story doesn't have a ___

Point

500

Why did Lemon want his healthy tooth pulled?

To prove his bravery

500

Military nickname for white phosphorus

Willie Peter

500

Name two things the men heard in the thick, wet fog (hallucinations)

Cocktail party with champagne corks and martini glasses, Chamber music, Violins, cellos, Soprano, Glee club, Haiphong Boys Choir