The Women
Where does Frankie finally move to?
Montana.
What's Frankie's brother's name?
Finley
What do they call mass casualty?
MASCAL
What song was written to remind people that soldiers were coming home from captivity?
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree – Tony Orlando and Dawn
page 380
How long did the Vietman War last?
Nearly 20 years.
November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975, when Saigon fell.
Who leaves Vietnam first? Ethel or Barb?
Ethel
What was the name of Frankie's fiance?
Henry
Who calls Frankie a turtle?
Ethel
p.37
Who was the band Frankie calls "the music of Vietnam"?
Cream (p.236)
True or False:
The number of US soldiers who died during the war was under 50,000
False. The US lost 58,220 soldiers.
Whose brother dies in a protest?
Barb. He was shot 10 times by police in Oakland during a shoot-out with the Black Panthers.
p.198
Who tells Frankie that Fin died?
Rye
Frankie asks for her photo to go on the hero's wall. When does her dad tell her it will go up?
When she is married.
What song plays after Barb & Jere say their vows?
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
p.400
True or False:
Vietnamese women were allowed to participate in combat.
True.
Vietnamese women were promised greater levels of equality and higher involvement in society if they participated in the conflict. Women were present in combat zones from both North Vietnam and South Vietnam and took up a range of roles. There were women who worked for the People’s Army of Vietnam and Viet Cong intelligence services, and one of the deputy military commanders of the Viet Cong was a woman.
All-female units were also in operation throughout the war and there were female combat squads in the Cu Chi theatre too. Women also had roles in other ways, such as medical positions.
What is the first thing that brings Frankie and her mom closer after the war?
Her mom's stroke.
p.308
Who did Frankie assume was dead but actually wasn't?
Rye & Jamie
Which did Frankie try to initially join?
Army, Air Force, or Navy?
The Navy.
Then Air Force, and finally the Army.
What song was playing when they were at the beach with Coyote?
Purple Haze
When did the US join the war?
April 1, 1965
Who drives with Frankie out to Montana?
Barb.
What did Jamie pull out of his pocket when he sees Frankie in DC?
The stone she slipped into his bag. It said "You Fight".
p.462
Where does Frankie's dad say she was when she was in Vietnam?
Florence.
p.262
What song is playing when Frankie drives into Missoula?
Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce
p.444
What was the name of the document that shed light on what was truly going on in Vietnam?
Pentagon Papers