TTTC Ch. 18-22

In the first chapter O’Brien describes all the things the men had to carry. Why does he take so much time and go into detail with all of these items?

• He wants the reader to sympathize with him.

• He wants the reader to understand the weight of all of the objects.

• He wants the reader to understand the physical and emotional weight the men carried with them

• He wants the reader to believe he is knowledgeable of the Vietnam War.

Why do several of the men hang onto things from women back in the states who they aren’t even in a relationship with anymore?

•    It gives them hope.

•   It gives them a sense of home.

•   It reminds them they have something to return home to.

• All of these

What problems does Norman Bowker struggle with after the war?

(select all that apply)

• He has aged tremendously

•   He cannot keep a job.

• He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

•    Everything has changed and he has no one to talk to about the one thing he wants to discuss

What is the best description of Mary Anne Belle’s transformation?

• She felt like becoming one with the land was the only way to avoid Mark Fossie

• She wanted to be a soldier, save lives, and serve her country as best she could.

• She felt like it was what Mark wanted her to do

• She became one with the land and felt like she was meant to be a Greenie.

What is most important to Tim O’Brien?

• Happening truth

• story truth

• historical fiction as a genre

• All of these

Verbatim:  What does O’Brien say to his daughter when she asks if he ever killed anyone?

• Of course

• Of course not

• I'm not sure

• No

Kathleen’s impatience with her father when he returns to the field represents what?

• How younger people cannot connect with the war.

• Nothing.  It was just his daughter.

• How older people cannot connect with the war

•   A stubborn, bratty kid who gets what they want.

What is the point of O’Brien’s trip to Vietnam 20 years after the war?

Select all that apply

• To show his daughter what he went through.

•     To make peace with Vietnam and cleanse himself of the war.

• To honor Kiowa

• To get out of the states for a while

How does O'Brien react to Jorgenson's incompetence?

• He forgives him.

• He ignores him.

• He vows revenge.

• He punches him.

How is Morty Phillips stupidity indirectly characterized?

• He gets shot in the foot and it turns to gangrene.

• He goes swimming alone and gets a virus.

• He gets shot.

• He steps on a claymore mine.