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Tomcat in Love Quiz

Tim O'Brien

This Study Guide consists of approximately 47 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Tomcat in Love.

Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapters 1 – 4

Chapters 5 – 8

Chapters 9 – 12

Chapters 13 – 16

Chapters 17 – 20

Chapters 21 – 24

Chapters 25 – 28

Chapters 29 – 32

Chapters 33 – 37

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Tomcat in Love Quiz

Tim O'Brien

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why is Thomas put in a psychiatric hospital? (from Chapters 29 – 32)

He checks himself in because he doesn’t know what is real and what is not.

He tells Mrs. Kooshof that he is hearing people talking to him in his head.

He threatens to jump off the top of a building.

He has a mental breakdown during his audition for Captain Nineteen.

2.

Why does Herbie never marry? (from Chapters 33 – 37)

He had several relationships, but Lorna Sue did not approve of the women.

He is too preoccupied devoting his life to being Lorna Sue’s protector.

His previous serious girlfriend felt he was too close with Lorna Sue.

He is afraid getting married would ruin his relationship with Lorna Sue.

3.

Which of these ideas is not discussed as a proposed idea for revenge against Lorna Sue between Thomas and Carla? (from Chapters 1 – 4)

Purchasing lingerie to create distrust between Lorna Sue and the tycoon.

Putting cyanide in a bottle of nail polish.

Brushing arsenic on the flap of a self addressed envelope.

Framing the tycoon murder and sending him to jail.

4.

Which of the following is not true about the second person “you” the narrator addresses? (from Chapters 29 – 32)

The woman your ex-husband leaves you for is a redhead.

You go to Fiji.

You met your husband at a party.

You are never given a name.

5.

What does Thomas do to his comrades in the war? (from Chapters 17 – 20)

He leaves them stranded in the jungle and lost just like he was.

He sets their own belongings on fire.

He gives them a false map of the countryside.

He orders a bomb strike on them intended to scare, but not kill them.

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