The Things They Carried "How to tell a true war story"

Who did Rat Kiley write to about Curt Lemon's death? 

• Curt's mom
• Curt's sister
• Rat's mom
• Rat's sister

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What were Curt Lemon and Rat Kiley doing when Curt was killed? 

• Playing with a smoke grenade
• Playing with a fragmentation grenade
• Playing with a Claymore mine
• Playing with a baseball

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What does Mitchell Sander's say is the moral of his story? 

•  No moral.  That is just how it is. 
• Death is really alive. 
• No one listens.
• You have to look out for yourself. 

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The truth is often contradictory. What image does O'Brien use to contradict the idea that war is grotesque? 

• The silence of the jungle
• The beauty of the lillies on the river
• The purply orange glow of napalm
• the smiling faces of the children

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What does "proximity to death" bring with it? 

• A silly appreciation for jokes
• A gripping fear 
• A deep bravery 
• An immense pleasure of aliveness

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What wakes Tim O'Brien up at night 20 years later? 

• The gore of Lemon's death
• Mitchell Sander's jokes about dying
• Mitchell Sander's singing
• Lemon's last words

Who mutilates the water buffalo? 

• Curt Lemon
• Tim O'Brien
• Rat Kiley
• Azar

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What did the patrol that went up into the mountains end up doing about the noises they heard? 

• They retreated from the spot
• They ordered a fire strike on the spot. 
• They ignored the noises and continued with their mission
• They searched the area to find the hidden VC. 

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Tim wants to tell the lady about the baby buffalo that it isn't a war story, it's a  ******

• true story 
• love story
• forgotten story
• death story

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O'Brien tells a "truer than true" story about four men on the trail and a grenade.  What happens to the men? 

• They are all saved.
• One dies to save the others.
• They all die.

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