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The Things They Carried--test review Jimmy Cross - CORRECT ANSWER >>>First Lieutenant, platoon leader; carried letters from Martha and 2 photographs of her (one yearbook volleyball shot and the other she stood against a brick wall), compass, maps, code books, binoculars, .45-caliber-pistol, strobe light and responsibility for the lives of his men, good-luck pebble from Martha; in love with Martha Martha - CORRECT ANSWER >>>obsession of Jimmy Cross; junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey; english major; wrote beautifully; respect for Chaucer and great affection for Virginia Wolf; often quoted poetry; became Lutheran missionary, trained nurse, served in Ethiopia, Guatemala and Mexico, never married and never wanted to Henry Dobbins - CORRECT ANSWER >>>machine gunner; big man; carried extra rations (especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake), M-60 and 10-15 lbs of ammunition draped in belts across his chest and shoulders, black flag insecticide, girlfriend's pantyhose wrapped around his neck as a comforter; always excused from tunnel duty due to big size Dave Jenson - CORRECT ANSWER >>>practiced field hygiene; carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and several hotel-sized soap, 3 pairs of socks and can of Dr. Scholl's foot powder, rabbit's foot, empty sandbaags (filled for added protection), night-sight vitamins high in carotene, ear plugs Ted Lavender - CORRECT ANSWER >>>was scared; carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April and then carried in a poncho; carried 6 or 7 oz of premium dope, starlight scope; adopted an orphan puppy until Azar blew it up Mitchell Sanders - CORRECT ANSWER >>>RTO (radio telephone operator); carried condoms, PRC-25 radio, starched tiger fatigues (for special occasions), brass knuckles; tried to find a moral out of everything; once pryed off body lice, put them in blue USO envelope, sealed it up, wrote FREE in upper right-hand corner, addressed it to draft board in Ohio; tells stories (like man who hooks up with Red Cross nurse but got back into action because peace felt so good it hurt) Norman Bowker - CORRECT ANSWER >>>gentle person; carried a diary, thumb (gift from Mitchell Sanders; dark brown, rubbery to the touch, from 15-16 year old burned VC corpse); hates a silent Indian; wished his dad would write him a letter saying it's ok if he doesn't win any medals
Rat Kiley - CORRECT ANSWER >>>medic; carried comic books, morphine, plasma, malaria tablets, surgical tape, M&M's, brandy Kiowa - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Indian; devout Baptist; carried an illustrated New Testament from his father who taught Sunday school in OK City, OK; also carried grandmother's distrust of white men and grandfather's old feathered hunting hatchet; watched Ted Lavender die "Boom-down, like cement"; carried moccasins for silence; taught Rat Kiley and Dave Jensen a rain dance Lee Strunk - CORRECT ANSWER >>>carried tanning lotion, sling shot (as last resort); once drew 17 and went in tunnel to carry something - CORRECT ANSWER >>>to hump soldiers were called - CORRECT ANSWER >>>legs of grunts What they carried was based on rank and field specialty. (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>True Lieutenant Cross blamed himself for Ted's death (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>True Why did Lieutenant Cross blame himself for Ted's death? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>he loved Martha more than his men and could not stop thinking about her What they carried was based on mission (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>True Why did Martha pick the pebble? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>found on Jersey shoreline where things came together but also separated which inspired her to mail it to him (no romance intended) Why did they carry the mine detector? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>was heavy and awkward to handle and often useless because of shrapnel in the earth but they carried for safety and illusion of safety Why is # 17 important? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>number of men in platoon (before Lavender died) and whoever drew 17 would go in tunnel They used hard vocabulary to contain terrible softness (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>True Sanders moral about Ted's Death - CORRECT ANSWER >>>stay away from drugs
Did Tim O'Brien support war? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no, he believed US had no reason to fight war Why did Tim O'Brien think he was not soldier? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>was too smart and compassionate; Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, president of student body, full ride scholarship for grad school at Harvard; hated Boy Scouts, camping out, dirt, tents, mosquitos, sight of blood makes him queasy, can't tolerate authority, didn't know rifle from sling shot What is the story O'Brien never told before? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>His attempt to run away to Canada What is the Rainy River? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>border between Minnesota and Canada When did Tim O'Brien receive his draft letter? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>June 17, 1968 Where did Tim O'Brien work in the summer of 1968? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Armour meat packing plant in Worthington, Minnesota as pig "Declotter" Why didn't Tim O'Brien flee officially to Canada? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>he was embarrassed and couldn't stand the shame Where did Tim O'Brien take refuge for 6 days? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>old fishing resort called Tip Top Lodge Elroy Berdahl - CORRECT ANSWER >>>eighty-one year old, skinny and shrunken, mostly bald, he was a witness like or or Gods "who look on in absolute silence as we live our lives, as we make our choices or fail to make them"; never asks O'Brien personal questions, gives O'Brien money, owns Tip Top Lodge Did O'Brien take the money from Berdahl? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no Who got in a fist fight? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk Why was there a fist fight? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Lee Strunk stole Dave Jensen's jackknife What happened to Strunk after the fist fight? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>nose was broken, bandaged up, and returned to the platoon What happened to Jensen after the fist fight? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>went crazy over the fear of Strunk seeking revenge and broke his own nose to be "square"
What was the pact between Jenson and Strunk? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>If one was seriously injured (like stuck in a wheelchair for life) the other would kill him Was the pact between Jenson and Strunk upheld? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no What did Strunk and Lemon like to do? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>play chicken by tossing a smoke hand granade How was Strunk injured? Did he die? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>stepped on a rigged mortar round (mine) and leg was blown off; not immediately but yes What happened to Lemon's best friend after he died? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>wrote a terrific, heartwrenching letter to Lemon's sister and she never replied How did Jenson react to Lemons' death? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>cleaned up his body while singing the Lemon Tree Song How did Kiley react to Lemon's death? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>cried profusely and tortured a baby water buffalo According to O'Brien, do war stories have a moral? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no How do you generalize? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>War is hell The truths of war are ____ - CORRECT ANSWER >>>contradictory Who told the story of the music in the foggy mountains? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Mitchell Sanders What is the moral of the music in the foggy mountains story according to Sanders? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>"Nobody listens. Nobody hears nothin'...Trees and rocks-you got to listen to your enemy." "That quiet-just listen. There's your moral" What did O'Brien believe Sanders in the music in the foggy mountains story?
- CORRECT ANSWER >>>"war has the feel...of a great ghostly fog...There is no clarity...The vapors suck you in. You can't tell where you are, or why you're there, and the only certainty is overwhelming ambiguity." What is Nam? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Vietnam, Garden of Evil
What happened to Mary Anne according to the Greenies? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>she walked off into the mountains and never came back; declared missing; still somewhere out there in the dark; she became a part of the land Henry Dobbins - CORRECT ANSWER >>>superb solider, good man, not sophisticated, ioronies went beyond him, like America big and strong with full intentions but slow of foot but always going along; there when needed, believed simplicity, directness, hard labor, drawn to sentimentality, wear girlfriend's pantyhose around the neck like talisman, he never was injured while wearing stockings; superstitious Monks gave a chair to who as if they were proud - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Lieutenant Cross Monks gave what fruit to soldiers - CORRECT ANSWER >>>4 watermelons Who wanted to join up with monks and "wear robes. Take the pledge" after war? why? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Dobbins; free house, free car, lots of potlucks, pretty good life, believed in God, being nice and decent to people, visit the sick why didnt dobbins want to be a preacher? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>had to be super sharp and explain hard stuff did kiowa ever want to be a minister? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no what was dobbins idea of being "decent" to the monks? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>telling them to beat it who wore a gold ring on the 3rd finger of his right hand? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>the man O'brien killed the man O'brien killed - CORRECT ANSWER >>>eyebrows thin and arched like a woman, bony legs, narrow waist, dainty man, long shapely fingers, How did O'brien imagine the man he killed? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>born 1946, village of My Khe, family lived their for centuries and his elder family fought in the struggle for independence, not communist, citizen and soldier, but for tradition had to be patriotic but he didnt want to fight although considered highest duty/privilege; he wanted to be scholar and teach math; eventually found a woman who loved his quirks and they got married who was joking the O'brien about the man he killed - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Azar
who tried to console Tim - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Kiowa who asked if O'brien ever killed someone? did he tell the truth? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>O'brien's daughter Kathleen when 9; no has o'brien completely forgiven himself for killin the man? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no Who was dancing eyes half closed and bare foot? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>14 year girl with dead family who imitated/mocked her dancing? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Azar what was dobbins explanation to azar why the girl was dancing? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>it doesnt matter why, she is just dancing; she just liked to dance what did dobbins do in response to azar's show? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>picked him up, lifted him high, carried him to the deep well, asked if he wanted to be dumped, and then let him go with saying "dance right" During Rat's story about Mark Fossie and Mary Ann, Mitchell Sanders becomes upset with Rat because - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Mitchell enjoys stories with morals, and Rat does not know for sure how this story ends Tim is able to confide in Kiowa, telling him how he feels after killing a man. (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>False Why did O'Brien find it difficult to mourn for Curt Lemon? I. He only knew him slightly. II. He was not impressed by what he knew about him. III. He had a tendency to pull off some dangerous stunts and brag about them. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>I, II, and III From the selection on Henry Dobbins and his girlfriend's stockings, the author writes that the stockings were "a talisman for (Henry)." You can infer this means - CORRECT ANSWER >>>something that has magical powers When Rat first came to Vietnam, a guy named Mark Fossie decided to ship his girlfriend over to where he was stationed after hearing one of Rat's stories. (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>False When Mark asks Rat to do something because he can't just let Mary Ann go like that, Rat's response is what? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>She is already gone
Kiowa tries to comfort Tim after he killed a man, begging him to stop staring at the man. (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>True After Dobbins and his girlfriend broke up, he no longer wears her pantyhose around his neck. (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>False who endlessly circled around the lake in his chevy and listened to the radio - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Norman Bowker how long was the loop around the lake - CORRECT ANSWER >>>7 miles lake road represented - CORRECT ANSWER >>>boundary between affluent and most affluent (lakeside were most affluent) who was Bowkers highschool sweetheart? where is she now? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Sally Kramer; now married with name Gustafson living in a pleasant blue house on the affluent side of the road; she looked really happy what did bowker do around the lake in highschool? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>go out with Sally Kramer, talk with his friends about God's existence, urgent matters, theories of causation a slow car could travel the lake how fast? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> minutes who is max arnold - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Bowker's friend who liked to talk about God's existence, theories of causation, and eventually drowned what did Bowker's father do? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>stay at home watching baseball on national TV what people did Bowker see on his joy ride? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>2 boys hiking (who ignored him when he honked), Sally Gustafson mowing the lawn, man in motorboat bent over engine with wrench and frown, water-skiers, 2 mud hens, workmen setting up for evening fireworks, highschool band, woman in pedal pushers fishing, How many times did he circle the lake? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> what was bowker good at? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>telling time without clocks plus or minus 10 min (picked up trick from war); wanted to impress Sally with this knowledge what day was bowker driving around the lake? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>4th of July
what medals did bowker win? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Combay Infantryman's badge, air medal, army commendation medal, the good conduct medal, vietnam campaign medal, bronze star, purple heart (wound that left no scar and didnt hurt); all badges for common valor what was Bowker's father concerned about? did he ever tell bowker he wasnt a coward and that he was proud of his achievements? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>amount of medals; no what did Bowker almost win - CORRECT ANSWER >>>silver star Bowker's father asked Bowker how he almost won the Silver star (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>false what was the song tra bong - CORRECT ANSWER >>>slow flat muddy river with during monsoon season deep muck on either bank for quarter mile the lake was bad for - CORRECT ANSWER >>>fishing and swimming what did Bowker dislike about the town? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>the town could not talk and would not listen; didn't know or care about the war; theres no place to go (anywhere really) what would Bowker give a lecture on? did he really give a lecture on it? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>sh**; youre drunk if you said yes The mama-sans stood in the rain yapping away about the field being bad news (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>true what was in Kiowa's place when sinking in the mud? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>knee, arm, gold wristwatch, part of a boot and bubbles who treated bowker rudely? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>the car hop girl with the badge EAT MAMA BURGERS The man in the intercom wanted to hear Bowker's story (T or F) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>true what did bowker feel he did to Kiowa? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>he just let the guy go what happened to Bowker? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>hung himself in locker room of YMCA in his hometown in central Iowa who suggested SPEAKING OF COURAGE? when was it written? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>bowker; 1975
