The Things They Carried | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. How does Kiowa describe Ted Lavender's death?

Boom Down

2. When was Ted Lavender killed outside of the village Than Khe?

Middle of April

3. Who was excused from tunnel duty due to size?

Henry Dobbins

4. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?

Lee Strunk

5. Which item doubled as a body bag?

Poncho

6. "Hump it" means what?

To carry something

7. What do the men call plane rides home to America?

Freedom birds

8. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?

Kiowa and Norman Bowker

9. Which of the following is NOT a way the men resupplied the things they carried?

Supply tent

10. Which man cut off the thumb of a dead Viet-Cong boy?

Mitchell Sanders

11. What did Lt. Cross keep under his tongue?

A pebble