This is a review created to prepared students for a unit test on The Things They Carried and the context discussed during the reading.

2. Review Jeopardy http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm About the Book Characters Important Quotes The Story The Vietnam War 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. Who is the author of The Things They Carried ? Category 1 – 10 points

4. ANSWER: Tim O’Brien

5. When was the novel first published? Category 1 – 20 points

6. ANSWER: 1990

7. Who is the narrator? Category 1 – 30 points

8. ANSWER: Tim O’Brien

9. What is the setting of the novel? Category 1 – 40 points

10. ANSWER: Vietnam and Massachusetts

11. Name 1 of the 3 symbols O’Brien uses in the novel. Category 1 – 50 points

13. Who is the protagonist of the story? Category 2 – 10 points

14. ANSWER: Tim O’Brien

15. Who is the lieutenant in charge of Alpha Company? Category 2 – 20 points

16. ANSWER: Jimmy Cross

17. Who carries moccasins in order to walk silently? Category 2 – 30 points

18. ANSWER: Kiowa

19. Who is the medic for Alpha Company? Category 2 – 40 points

20. ANSWER: Bob “Rat” Kiley

21. Who is the first of Alpha Company to die? Category 2 – 50 points

22. ANSWER: Ted Lavender

24. ANSWER: The emotional baggage that each soldier carried in addition to their physical possessions

26. ANSWER: The young Vietnamese soldier that O’Brien killed

28. ANSWER: Kiowa’s death

30. ANSWER: Jorgenson, the new medic, failed to treat O’Brien competently, so he had planned to exact revenge

32. ANSWER: At the end of the novel, Tim O’Brien tries to make sense of who he is now through a childhood memory

33. Why does Ted Lavender take tranquilizers? Category 4 – 10 points

34. ANSWER: Because he has a problem with nervousness

35. What is O’Brien’s summer job before the war? Category 4 – 20 points

36. ANSWER: He works in a meatpacking factory

37. How is Curt Lemon killed? Category 4 – 30 points

38. ANSWER: He steps on a mine

39. When the platoon burns a village and then finds a young girl dancing, who mocks her? Category 4 – 40 points

40. ANSWER: Azar

41. Why did O’Brien’s relationship with Linda end? Category 4 – 50 points

42. ANSWER: She died of a brain tumor

43. During what years was the Vietnam War fought? Category 5 – 10 points

44. ANSWER: 1964-1975

45. About how many Americans were killed in the war? Category 5 – 20 points

46. ANSWER: About 58,000

47. What was the average age for soldiers in the war? Category 5 – 30 points

48. ANSWER: 23 years old

49. What happened on May 4, 1970? Category 5 – 40 points

50. ANSWER: Kent State Massacre

51. What is significant about the date January 27, 1973? Category 5 – 50 points

52. ANSWER: Considered the official end of the Vietnam War

53. AND THE WINNER IS…