Name that character
This character was the leader of the Alpha Company.
Who is Lieutenant Jimmy Cross?
This character carried pantyhose around his neck.
Who is Henry Dobbins?
America was fighting in the Vietnam War to stop the domino effect of...
What is Communism?
The author Tim O'Brien was born in this town.
What is Austin, Minnesota?
This character is killed after stepping on a land mine.
Who is Curt Lemon?
The company's medic
Who is Rat Kiley?
Kiowa carried...
This European country had a colony in Vietnam before the beginning of the Vietnam War.
What is France?
The author Tim O'Brien got his Bachelor's degree from this college.
What is Macalester College?
In the end MaryAnne...
What is she disappears into the forest on a mission and never returns, and presumably dies, some say she still lurks out there, ready to kill?
This character is the most safety and hygiene conscious of the Alpha Company.
Who is Dave Jensen?
Ted Lavender carried...
what are tranquilizers, marijuana, and at one point a puppy?
The insurgent guerrilla fighters who supported North Vietnam but fought in the South...
Viet Cong
The author wrote for this newspaper after graduating from his graduate studies at Harvard.
What is the Washington Post?
This character tortures a baby water buffalo.
Who is Rat Kiley?
This guy brought his girlfriend MaryAnne Bell over for a visit to his basecamp in Vietnam?
Who is Mark Fossie?
Norman Bowker carried...
What is a diary and the thumb of a dead soldier given to him by Mitchell Sanders?
In this year, the United States withdrew from Vietnam and signed the Paris Peace Accords, ending the war.
What is 1973?
What is February 1969- March 1970?
Tim makes his decision about the draft by...
What is spending time fishing and working quietly with Elroy Berdahl at the Tip Top Lodge, and imagining how his life would turn out if he chose each path?
This member of the Alpha Company is young, brash, and immature, as evidenced when he hurts the puppy, makes fun of the dancing girl, and reacts when Tim is in shock after he has killed a man.
This character carried a slingshot.
Who is Lee Strunk?
Name one of the events that changed American public opinion and brought the war to a close
What are the Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Pentagon Papers?
The author uses the following details from his real life to make the fictional character of Tim O'Brien seem more realistic.
What are his name, his hometown, the years he served, the fact that he became a writer, etc?
Name 3 things Norman Bowker saw while driving around the lake in his hometown
What are two little boys hiking, a man with a stalled motorboat, waterskiiers, two mud hens, a woman fishing, and a high school band?