Show:
The Things they Carried
The Man I Killed
Love
The Lives of the Dead
On the Rainy River
100

What category of things did they carry?

Military-related, personal belongs, emotions

100

What occupation did O'Brien imagine the man would have if he weren't killed?

A maths teacher

100

What is the name of the girl Jimmy Cross loves?

Martha

100

What is the name of the girl O'Brien loved?

Linda

100

What was O'Brien's former occupation before escaping to Canada?

Using a high-pressure water gun to clean blood clots at a pig butchery.

200

What is the soldier's name who carried his GF's panty hose?

Henry Dobbins

200

What was the man killed by, and describe one of his injuries?

Killed by a grenade, with a star-shaped hole, a jaw in the upper throat, upper lips and teeth were gone, and skin on the left cheek was pulled back.

200

What was Martha's occupation when Jimmy Cross was at war?

Lutheran Missionary

200

Who was the soldier the people held a funeral for?

Ted Lavneder 

200

What is the name of the man who helped O'Brien and how many days did O'Brien stay for?

Elroy; 6 full days

300

What does Jimmy Cross's shift in attitude towards Martha symbolize, and what is responsible for this change?

The self of Jimmy as a responsible lieutenant versus the self that avoids war and imagines peace. Ted Lavender died while Jimmy Cross was daydreaming about Martha. 

300

What does the butterfly symbolize?

Forgiveness and renewal 

300
What are the implications of the quote: "She doesn't understand why men could do those things"?

How men are violent (since they are engaged in war and how they have the guts to force women into making love to them)

300

What is the power of storytelling presented in the lives of the dead?

To make the dead talk, to make them alive, to make them re-live what they have missed out on.

300

What does rain symbolize?

Fate and sorrow and all answers that is backed up with sufficient quotes.

400

Why is the name of the book "the things they carried" the same as the name of the short story 

Up to debate with convincing reasoning 

400

What role does Kiowa play in the short story and what do his words symbolize?

Creates a sharp contrast with Tim O'brien, who wallows in grief. He acts as a stark reminder of the cruel and brutal reality of war – which is that death should not be commemorated but normalized – even if your enemy is a mundane and innocent man camouflaged in a soldier's uniform. 
400

What are Jimmy Cross's feelings towards Martha at the end of the story? What are the factors that formed these feelings? What purpose do these feelings serve?

UP to debate. JUST SUPPORT UR ARGUMENT WITH APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE. 

400

Why is the purpose of the title (the lives of the dead)? What does the oxymoron/paradox being alive and dead symbolize?

UP TO DEBATE

400
What is the meaning of the quote: "I was a coward. I went to war"?

Up to debate, provide sufficient evidence.