In America
"Nobody messes with these teeth"
Curt Lemon (to no one in particular)
What is Henry Dobbins's magical object?
His girlfriend's stockings
What subject does TOB imagine that the man he killed studies?
Mathematics
Who does Tim suggest killing at the end of "The Ghost Soldiers"?
Azar
This person was a junior at Mt. Sebastian.
Who is Martha?
"They can sew it back on--really"
Lee Strunk to Dave Jensen
Who broke Lee Strunk's nose?
Dave Jensen
Who compares death to being inside a book that nobody's reading?
Linda
What is the "star-shaped hole"?
The wound where the eye would have been on the man O'Brien killed.
What state is Tim O'Brien from?
Minnesota
"You're in a place where you don't belong."
Mary Anne to Mark Fossie
What does Mitchell Sanders put in an envelope to send back to his draft board in Ohio?
Body lice.
What does Jimmy Cross "write" at the ____ field?
A letter to Kiowa's father
When O'Brien and Dave Jensen are removing Curt Lemon's body from the tree, Jensen is doing something that "wakes [Tim] up twenty years later." What is Jensen doing?
He is singing "Lemon Tree"
What is the question that Kathleen can ask to which Tim can "honestly" say, "Of course not" or "Yes"?
"Did you ever kill somebody?"
"The guy was dead the second he stepped on the the trail"
Kiowa to Tim
What object does the young soldier blame for Kiowa's death?
A flashlight
Who tells Norman Bowker that he really wants to hear Bowker's story about the ____ field and that he is proud of him for winning seven medals?
Norman's father
How is "story-truth" different from "happening-truth"?
The "happening-truth" describes the events that actually took place. The story-truth exaggerates or invents things to make the listener or reader fully feel the experience
How many times does Norman Bowker drive around the lake?
12
"Okay . . . boys. Beat it."
Henry Dobbins to the monks
Which two characters give Rat Kiley comic books to read in the hospital?
Henry Dobbins and Azar
Who says, "What's real? Eight months in fantasyland, it tends to blur the line. Honest to God, I sometimes can't remember what real is."
Azar
How does O'Brien feel about Curt Lemon and why?
He dislikes him because he acts like a tough guy and postures and shows off.