TTTC Ch. 4-8 Review

What view on war has O’Brien maintained since college?

• He was for it.

•    He didn’t care either way.

•   He didn’t know there was a war going on

• He was against it; you don’t make war without knowing why

What happens to Curt Lemon when he is called into the dentist’s tent?

• He runs away

•   He puffs up his chest and walks in stoically

• He cries

• He faints

 

  What is Curl Lemon’s irrational fear in “The Dentist?”

• Curt Lemon is afraid of nothing

• Smoke grenades

• The medic-Rat Kiley

•   The dentist

Why does O’Brien say that the events told in Chapter 7 is a not a war story, but a love story?

• Because war is about love, not war

• War makes us realize what we love and value

• Because it expresses the love between two soldiers

• None of these are correct

"Certain blood was being shed for uncertain reasons" What does this quote suggest about the narrator's attitude toward the Vietnam war?

• He doesn't think the cause is worthwhile

• He is reluctantly supportive of it

• He understands why it has to happen even though he doesn't like the reasons

•    He's a supporter of American imperialism (a policy of extending a country's power and influence through military force)

A dilemma is:

•   A character vs. character conflict

•    A difficult choice that has to be made between two or more undesirable alternatives

• When an individual is faced with two choices; one favorite and one the worst possible outcome

•   An easy choice that has to be made between two unwanted alternatives

  What is Tim’s dilemma in “On the Rainy River?”

•      whether or not to kill a man in combat

• whether or not to shoot off his toe to avoid the draft

• whether or not to flee the country to avoid the draft

• whether or not to attend a protest rally that will anger his parents

What worries O’Brien about his potential flight to Canada?

• He fears the war will not be won without him.

• He fears he will be caught.

• He fears what his community will say about him.

•   He fears he will feel guilty about not going to war

1.      Infer: Why does young Tim O’Brien cry in the boat with Elroy Berdahl?

• He does not want to go to Vietnam.

• He is crying because he has decided to go to Vietnam.

•   He misses his parents.

• He killed Elroy and feels guilty.

  Why does the narrator ultimately choose to go to war?

• He realizes he loves his country and wants to fight for it.

•     He doesn't want to disappoint other people.

• His father convinces him it is the right thing to do.

• He does not go to war; he flees to Canada instead.