The Things They Carried

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The Things They Carried

• Tim OBrien

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Test Review

• 65 total points
• 15 multiple choice 8 true or false 8 matching
  questions
• 4 short-answer questions (9 points) 2
  long-answer questions (25 points total)
• Study your notes
• Emphasis on OBriens approach to storytelling
  (its purpose, its value, etc.)
• Know the characters well, especially those in
  Alpha Company.

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Test Review

• Key chapters to review
• Speaking of Courage
• In the Field
• Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
• Notes
• Spin
• Lives of the Dead

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Review

• 1. A former Alpha Company soldier, ______
  committed suicide by hanging himself.
• Norman Bowker
• 2. Reunited with OBrien after the war, _____
  was still preoccupied with his unrequited love
  for Martha.
• Jimmy Cross
• 3. __________, a soldier near Song Tra Bong, had
  not anticipated the effects of the Vietnam
  experience on his girlfriend.
• Mark Fossie

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Review

• 4. This character, _________, is the first whom
  OBrien could see in his dreams.
• Linda
• 5. This soldier, ________, was OBriens
  confidante, especially after OBrien killed the
  unnamed Vietnamese soldier.
• Kiowa
• 6. As a medic, this soldier experienced a failure
  and nerve, but _______ later made amends with
  OBrien.
• Bobby Jorgenson

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Review

• 7. As a talisman, _______ carried his
  girlfriends pantyhose around his neck.
• Henry Dobbins
• 8. An Alpha Company medic, _________ could not
  handle the strain of war and began to
  hallucinate.
• Rat Kiley

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Review

• 9. This character, _________, stole a jackknife
  from fellow soldier Dave Jensen.
• Lee Strunk
• 10. While goofing around with Rat Kiley, ______
  was killed by accident.
• Curt Lemon
• 11. This character, ________, believes that
  OBrien should forget the war and write about
  something else.
• Kathleen

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Review

• 12. To get revenge on Bobby Jorgenson, OBrien
  planned with ____________.
• Azar
• 13. A former Alpha Company soldier, __________
  returns to Vietnam and brings Kiowas moccasins
  with him.
• OBrien
• 14. Because of a pact the two soldiers made,
  __________ was relieved when he learned that Lee
  Strunk died from his battle wounds.
• Dave Jensen