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Title: The Things They Carried


1
The Things They Carried
  • Tim OBrien

2
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.

3
Test Review
  • Key chapters to review
  • Speaking of Courage
  • In the Field
  • Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
  • Notes
  • Spin
  • Lives of the Dead

4
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

5
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

6
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

7
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

8
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
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