Characters
Who's death is foreshadowed in Chapter 1?
Who is Ted Lavender?
Why does Rat Kiley, the medic, carry M&Ms candy?
What is to use as a placebo medicine for fatally wounded soldiers?
Who is the narrator of The Things They Carried?
Who is Tim O'Brien?
The war stories in The Things They Carried take place during what war?
What is the Vietnam War?
"They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing..." were examples of
What is the intangible weight of items?
Which member of the platoon is the Radio Telephone Operator (RTO)?
Who is Mitchell?
What does Lt. Jimmy Cross carry for good luck?
What is a pebble?
"Hump it" means what?
What is to carry something?
The story (chapter title) that best presents the idea of shame is...
What is, On The Rainy River?
What did Elroy offer to O’Brien?
An envelope with four fifty dollar bills that said “EMERGENCY FUND”?
Who does Tim O'Brien consider to be his "life hero?"
Who is Elroy Berdahl?
In the first chapter O'Brien describes all the things the men had to carry. Why does he take so much time and go into detail with all of these items?
What is, he wants the reader to understand the physical and emotional weight the men carried with them?
“Boom Down” describes the sound of _____?
What is death?
"O'Brien writes that war stories have no moral and they are often not true" is a summary of which story?
What is How To Tell a True War Story?
Who is the would-be girlfriend of Jimmy Cross?
Who is Martha?
What constantly distracts Lt. Jimmy Cross from his job in Chapter 1?
What is thoughts of Martha?
Which character carries a copy of the New Testament?
Who is Kiowa?
When O'Brien returns to Vietnam more than twenty years after the war, whom does he bring with him?
Who is Kathleen?
What is the outcome of the fight between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk over Jensen's missing jackknife?
What is, Jensen breaks Strunk's nose?
What is the favorite food of Henry Dobbins?
What is canned peaches over pound cake?
What happens when Curt Lemon is called in to see the dentist?
What is, he faints?
What does Norman Bowker, “a very gentle person”, carry?
What is a human thumb?
How does Jimmy Cross change after Lavender's death?
What is, he tries to focus on being lieutenant and less on Martha?
What medal does Norman Bowker almost win?
What is the Silver Medal?
Toward the end of the chapter, the narrator refers to "that big silver freedom bird" (O'Brien 22). To what does this phrase allude?
What are the airplanes that took them home?