English Final Exam Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who carries: dope and tranquilizers?
Ted Lavender
Who carries: a bible and a hatchet?
Kiowa
Who carries: memories of all the dead men?
Tim O’Brien
Who carries: responsibility for the platoon?
Jimmy Cross
This character drives around in circles around the lake
Norman Bowker
This character runs a hunting lodge near the Canadian border
Elroy Berdahl
This character was paranoid and carried extra ammunition
Ted Lavender
This character liked being nice to people
Henry Dobbins
This character was distracted by his love for Martha
Jimmy Cross
This character steps on a landmine and gets blown up into a tree
Curt Lemon
When his draft notice arrives, Tim is working:
At a meatpacking plant
Tim is offended by the woman who tells him she pities the baby water buffalo because
She fails to understand the story is a love story
How does the story about Linda, Tim’s 9-year-old girlfriend, relate to the rest of the novel?
It shows how stories can briefly bring the dead back to life
Why does Tim consider himself a coward for going to Vietnam?
He’s a pacifist, but he goes anyway
A key reflection that Tim makes as he tells Norman Bowker’s story is that:
Courage is a matter of degree–it depends on the situation
“To hump” means “to carry”
True
The first lieutenant and field officer of O’Brien’s platoon is Ted Lavender.
False
Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen get in a fight over drugs
False
“We kept the dead alive with stories…it was a way of bringing body and soul back together.”
Tim O’Brien
“All you can do is be nice. Treat them decent, you know?”
Henry Dobbins
“He did not care one way or another about the war, and he had no desire to command…”
Jimmy Cross
“The dentist couldn’t find any problem, but[he] kept insisting, so [he]…yanked out a…tooth”
Curt Lemon
“Mellow, man. We got ourselves a nice mellow war today.”
Ted Lavender
“There was no suicide note, no message of any kind. ‘[He didn’t want] to bother anybody”
Norman Bowker
