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Question 1

Tim O’Brien

Answer 1

the author – the book is based on his experiences in Vietnam

Question 2

Mark Fossie

Answer 2

brings his girlfriend to Vietnam

Question 3

Mary Ann Bell

Answer 3

Mark brings her to Vietnam; she becomes obsessed with the land and the war, and eventually disappears into the jungle, symbolizing the loss of innocence in war

Question 4

Lt. Jimmy Cross

Answer 4

leader of the platoon; 22-23 years old; obsessed with Martha – not the girl but the idea of a simple college life in America

Question 5

Ted Lavender

Answer 5

the first person in the platoon to die- makes them realize the reality of war, known for being nervous and carrying a lot of drugs

Question 6

Kiowa

Answer 6

Native American; dies in the mud field – Norman Bowker is upset he can’t save him

Question 7

Rat Kiley

Answer 7

medic; BFF Curt Lemon dies, and he gets super upset and kills the buffalo

Question 8

Norman Bowker

Answer 8

drives around the lake; can’t let go of the war and adjust to life in Iowa; ends up committing suicide

Question 9

Curt Lemon

Answer 9

dies by stepping on the landmine while playing a game with Rat Kiley

Question 10

Eddie Diamond

Answer 10

the highest-ranking official on the base in Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong; likes drugs and doesn’t care that Mary Ann is there

Question 11

Elroy Berdahl

Answer 11

a man who owns the Tip Top Lodge- silently helps O’Brien for a week

Question 12

Henry Dobbins

Answer 12

African-American; big guy liked extra rations; M60 and carried his girlfriend’s stockings

Question 13

Martha

Answer 13

the girl Cross is obsessed with; really, the idea of her; burns her letters at the end of the story to symbolize that he is finished with his innocent life and ready for war

Question 14

Mitchell Sanders

Answer 14

doesn’t always believe Rat’s stories; Radio operator

Question 15

An analysis of truth vs. fiction

Answer 15

According to O’Brien, it’s ok to fictionalize details to tell a good story

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

the expected outcome differs from the actual outcome

Question 17

Symbol

Answer 17

an object that represents something bigger than itself

Question 18

Metaphor

Answer 18

a comparison between two things without using like or as

Question 19

Juxtaposition

Answer 19

putting two opposite things together for effect

Question 20

Oxymoron

Answer 20

two opposite words placed together (ex. sad, gentle killer eyes).

Question 21

Polysyndeton

Answer 21

the excessive use of “and”

Question 22

Asyndeton

Answer 22

not using conjunctions – the lack of “and”

Question 23

Poetic license

Answer 23

the freedom to depart from the facts of a matter or from the conventional rules of language when speaking or writing in order to create an effect.