The Things They Carried

Question 1

Lee Strunk

Answer 1

Carried sling shot and ammo. Drew number 17 and had to go in the tunnel. Came out said ahhhoooo and that was when Ted Lavendar died.

Question 2

Norman Bowker

Answer 2

Inspired the chapter of speaking of courage, involved in dearth of Kiowa and committed suicide

Question 3

Kathleen

Answer 3

Daughter of Tim O’Brien, went with him back to Nam when he did the ceremony of the moccasins for Kiowa

Question 4

Martha

Answer 4

Lt. cross’s love back home. Distracts his mind which made Ted Lavendar die. Want O’Brien to lie and say he is a hero and good leader when in reality he is not

Question 5

Elroy Berdahl

Answer 5

Met up with O’Brien at the Tip Top Lodge on O’Briens way to Canada, he just sits and listens to what he has to say

Question 6

Ted Lavendar

Answer 6

Carried tranquilizers, gets shot while walking back from the bathroom while Lee Strunk came out of the tunnel. Lt. cross was distracted.

Question 7

Morty Phillips

Answer 7

Gets very sick after swimming in a lake

Question 8

Bobby Jorgeson

Answer 8

Med that comes in after in Rat Kiley leaves and almost kills O’Brien because he forgets to check for shock after he gets shot in the butt

Question 9

Tim O’Brien

Answer 9

Narrator/writer of book, tells story through his eyes and gets shot twice. Is in love with Linda.

Question 10

Linda

Answer 10

Tim O’Brien’s love from 5th grade, wears a red and white stocking and ended up dying from a brain tumor.

Question 11

Mary Anne Bell

Answer 11

Comes to Vietnam to be with her boyfriend and ends up being crazy and is found wearing tongues around her neck singing tribal songs

Question 12

Curt Lemon

Answer 12

Steps on a mine that was ready to blow while playing catch. Got blown into pieces, while getting him from the trees someone sings lemon tree

Question 13

Azar

Answer 13

Helps Tim O’Brien mess with Bobby Jorgeson they use ropes that make sounds and do that for 20 minutes while Bobby is watching in the pitch black scatting him.

Question 14

Tet Offensive

Answer 14

Launched by 70,000 north Vietnamese, it was an all-out surprise assault on South Vietnamese and American troops

Question 15

Domino Theory

Answer 15

Phase made by president Dwight Eisenhower that neighboring countries of Russia and China would fall like dominoes

Question 16

Christmas Bombings

Answer 16

The name for the heavy bombing on North Vietnam that Nixon ordered

Question 17

Generation Gap

Answer 17

“The younger generation pointed out that there was no clear enemy that had declared war against America the way that Japan and Germany had.”

Question 18

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 18

North Vietnams deceased communist leader. When they pushed south and captured the capitol (Saigon) they renamed it to Ho Chi Minh City

Question 19

ARVN

Answer 19

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (army of s. Vietnam)

Question 20

NVA

Answer 20

North Vietnamese Army