Exam Review: From The Things They Carried
Part One: Characters to Know
Tim O’Brien
Norman Bowker
Jimmy Cross
Dave Jensen
Henry Dobbins
Curt Lemon
Martha
Lee Strunk
Kiowa
Ted Lavender
Bobby Jorgenson
Mark Fossie
Mitchell Sanders
Rat Kiley
Mary Anne
Lee Stunk
1.) Character who best illustrates that anyone can be seduced by war
2.) Obsessed with the young Vietcong soldier he killed
3.) Went trick or treating in Vietnam
4.) Had a dentist pull out a perfectly good tooth
5.) Broke his own nose
6.) Eyes changed from blue to a jungle green color
7.) Has a “dumb cooze” for a sister
8.) Told (in the novel) Mary Anne’s story to the other characters – known for exaggerating stories
9.) In love with a nine year old girl who dies from a brain tumor
10.) Kept his lucky charm even after his girlfriend broke up with him
11.) Makes a promise to kill Dave if he (Dave) ever gets seriously wounded
12.) Intentionally wounded himself so he could go home
13.) Can tell time by looking at the sun
14.) Obsessed with whether or not his love interest is a virgin
15.) Tells O’Brien to stop looking at/focusing on a dead body
16.) Plays “throw the smoke grenade” with Curt Lemon
17.) Carries a copy of the New Testament with him
18.) Brought his girlfriend over to Vietnam – but things don’t work out well
19.) Especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake; carried extra rations
20.) Very concerned about personal hygiene; carried tooth brush, floss, Dr. Scholls foot powder
21.) Helps Tim pull a prank on Bobby Jorgenson
22.) Majoring in English at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey.
23.) Carried a diary and a thumb of a Vietcong soldier
24.) Always had a pair of starched Tiger Fatigues for special occasions; also carried condoms
25.) Carried tanning oil and a sling shot as a “weapon of last resort”
26.) Platoon medic who carried comic books
27.) Character that literally went “Boom” – “Down” like a sandbag/cement when he died
28.) Carried his grandfather’s hunting hatchet and his grandmother’s distrust for the white man
29.) Platoon leader, carried letters from and photos of Martha
30.) Commits suicide in a YMCA
Part Two:
31.) Henry Dobbins had a habit of wrapping what item around his neck as a lucky charm?
32.) What are “Freedom Birds”?
33.) What was the soldier’s greatest fear?
34.) How does Ted Lavender die?
35.) Who sent body lice to his draft board in Ohio?
36.) Which game did Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker play because there are rules and there is always a
winner and a loser?
37.) When asked what kind of war day it was going to be, Lavender responded by saying:
38.) What is Azar’s excuse for blowing up poor Ted Lavender’s orphaned puppy?
39.) What is O’Brien’s summer job before the war? (The MAIN job he had!!)
40.) When Tim O’Brien receives his draft notice what does he do?
41.) Why does O’Brien consider himself a coward for going to Vietnam?
42.) How is Curt Lemon killed?
43.) Rat Kiley overcomes the grief of Curt Lemon’s death by doing what?
44.) What is the defining characteristic of a “true” war story?
45.) How does O’Brien kill a Vietnamese soldier outside My Khe?
46.) How does Kiowa die?
47.) What medal did Norman “almost” win”?
48.) What did O’Brien almost die of because of the new medic’s lack of experience?
49.) Why is O’Brien so upset with Bobby Jorgensen?
50.) Why did O’Brien’s relationship with Linda end?