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Chapter Summaries
The Things They Carried
Vietnam War Facts
Comprehension Questions
100
The narrator and author of the story.
Who is Tim O'Brien?
100
In this chapter, Dave Jensen and another soldier fight over a missing knife. Dave breaks the other soldier's nose, and then his own.
What is "Enemies"?
100
This character carries letters, a pebble, and pictures of Martha.
Who is Jimmy Cross?
100
America fought on the side of ...
What is South Vietnam?
100
Is Lee Strunk mad that Dave Jensen beats him up and breaks his nose?
No because he really did steal Dave's knife.
200
The soldier who dies in the village toilet.
Who is Kiowa?
200
Two soldiers make an agreement to kill each other if injured badly enough. One of the soldiers steps on a landmine but backs out of the agreement.
What is "Friends"?
200
A hatchet, Bible, and his grandmother's distrust.
Who is Kiowa?
200
The type of government Vietnam had that the US wanted to overturn.
What is Communism?
200
Tim O'Brien feels this emotion when he kills the VietCong soldier.
What is regret/sadness
300
The Lieutenant and leader of the platoon.
Who is Jimmy Cross?
300
A man is killed by Tim O'Brien and is described repeatedly as having a star-shaped hole where his eye used to be.
What is "The Man I Killed"?
300
His girlfriend's pantyhouse.
Who is Henry Dobbins?
300
When American citizens had no choice but to join the war or flee to Canada it was called the...
What is Draft?
300
Curt Lemon is doing this when he gets distracted and steps on a booby-trap and dies.
What is playing catch with a smoke grenade?
400
The medic who helps O'Brien the first time he is shot. Curt Lemon's best friend who tortures the baby buffalo.
Who is Rat Kiley?
400
Each character carries different items that relate to their personality and what's important to them.
What is "The Things They Carried"?
400
Comic books and M&Ms.
Who is Rat Kiley?
400
The decades America was involved in the Vietnam War.
What is the 1960s - 1970s?
400
Dave Jensen feels this emotion when his friend Lee Strunk dies.
What is relief?
500
The soldier who steals Dave Jensen's jackknife.
Who is Lee Strunk?
500
Curt Lemon is killed by a booby-trap. His best friend takes his emotions out on a baby water buffalo.
What is "How to Tell a True War Story"?
500
A diary and a thumb that was given to him by Mitchell Sanders and his father's expectation of medals.
Who is Norman Bowker?
500
The climate of Vietnam is ...
What is tropical?
500
"Humping" means these two definitions in a military context.
What is march and carry