The Things They Carried "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"

Who tells the story about Mary Anne?

• Henry Dobbins

• Kiowa

• Rat Kiley

• Jimmy Cross

What does Mary Anne ask Fossie and the other men to do when she gets to Vietnam?

• Teach her about the war and about Vietnam and its people

• Help her travel to Cambodia

• Help her travel back home

• Gather anything they want her to take home to family and friends

True or False: Mary Anne is squeamish around blood?

• True

• False

How does Mary Anne change during her time in Vietnam?

• She initiates a relationship with Rat Kiley

• She becomes paranoid that the unit is going to be attacked

• She becomes "softer" and more attached to Fossie

• She becomes "harder", less feminine, and less attached to Fossie

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Who does Mary Anne join (when she is gone for three weeks on an ambush)?

• Greenies (Green Berets)

• The VC (Viet Cong) Soldiers

• The Vietnamese Villagers

• The Navy Seals

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What happens after Mary Anne's confrontation with Fossie?

• She attacks Fossie while he is sleeping

• She goes AWOL and they never hear from her again

• She changes into her old clothing and becomes subdued and quiet

• She decides she cannot be with Fossie anymore and goes home

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What does Rat Kiley say is a misconception about women?

• That they all want to have children

• That they are gentle and peaceful

• That they all want a man

• That they all want to be homemakers

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What is Mary Anne's necklace made of?

• Human Fingernails

• Pearls

• Stones

• Human Tongues

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What does Rat say he heard happened to Mary Anne in the end?

• She went home and went to college

• She married Fossie

• She became one with the jungle

• She traveled the world

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Who keeps interrupting the storyteller and telling him he isn't telling it right?

• Mitchell Sanders

• Tim O'Brien

• Norman Bowker

• Ted Lavender

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