Study Guide- The things they carried – Flashcards
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What did Hump mean
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to travel on foot when carrying supplies.
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What did Jimmy Cross do with the photos?
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Burned it.
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For what had Jimmy Cross never forgiven himself?
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Ted Lavenders death
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for what favor did Jimmy Cross ask the narrator?
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Don't write this.
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Back in college how did the narrator feel about the war?
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He hated it.
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What happened one morning on the pig line?
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He drove to the border of Wisconsin.
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Who was the hero of the narrators life?
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Elroy Berdahl, he listened and gave him great advice.
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Why did the narrator call himself a coward?
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He couldn't get off the boat.
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Why did Lee Strunk & Dave Jensen get into a fistfight?
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Fought for a missing jack knife.
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What did Dave Jensen do with a borrowed pistol?
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Broke his nose.
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After Lee Strunk stepped on a mortar round, what did make Dave Jensen promise?
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Not to kill him.
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To whose sister did Rat Kiley write?
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Curt Lemon
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What advice did older women give the narrator?
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Dont think about the war and move on.
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For what did Rat Kiley have a reputation?
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Exaggerating
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Who brought over his girlfriend from the US.
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Mark Fossie
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Who was the Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong?
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Mary Ann
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When Mary Anne was missing where was she actually?
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She went with the green beret.
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Ultimately, what happened to Mary Anne?
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She vanished
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What did Henry Dobbins wrap around his neck?
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His girlfriends panty hose.
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What advice did Kiowa give?
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Don't mess with churches.
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What did Kiowa ask the narrator about the man he killed?
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Do you want to be dead
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What did Dobbins do when Azar mocked the girls dancing?
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Threaten him to drop him down the well
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Where did Norman Bowker drive?
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around the lake.
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What kind of field were the soldiers camped in?
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swamp
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What happened to Kiowa:
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drowned in the mud
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Why was "speaking of Courage" written?
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Norman asked him too.
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After the war, what eventually happened to Norman Bowker?
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Hung himself
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According to Azar, what was ironic about Kiowa Death
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He wasted his life in a wastefield
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What was hard for the narrator to admit to himself?
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He was evil.
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How was Rat Kiley wounded.
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Shot himself in the foot.
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Who was Linda and how did she die?
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Love, died of brain cancer.
