Chapter 10: Stockings
1. What item does Henry Dobbins wear around his neck?
B. His girlfriend’s pantyhose
2. Why does Dobbins wear the pantyhose?
C. For good luck
3. How does Dobbins react when his girlfriend breaks up with him?
C. He continues to wear them
4. What does Dobbins believe about the pantyhose?
B. They protect him
5. What does this chapter reveal about soldiers' coping mechanisms?
B. Superstition gives them comfort
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Chapter 11: Church
6. Where do the soldiers find temporary shelter?
B. A church
7. What do the monks at the church do for the soldiers?
A. Pray for them
8. What task does Kiowa do inside the church?
B. Dig a latrine
9. How does Kiowa feel about using the church as a camp?
C. Deeply uncomfortable
10. What does Dobbins say he would like to be after the war?
A. A priest
11. What does Dobbins admire about monks?
C. Their peaceful routines
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Chapter 12: The Man I Killed
12. How is the chapter structured?
C. Through description and repetition
13. What physical feature is repeated in the chapter?
C. His star-shaped wound
14. What does O’Brien imagine about the man’s past?
B. He was an innocent farmer
15. How does Kiowa try to comfort O’Brien?
B. By explaining war logic
16. What is the tone of this chapter?
C. Reflective and tragic
17. What effect does the repetition of details have?
C. It increases tension and guilt
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Chapter 13: Ambush
18. Who asks O’Brien if he has ever killed anyone?
C. His daughter
19. How does O’Brien describe the Vietnamese soldier?
B. As scared and small
20. How does O’Brien kill the man?
B. Grenade
21. What does O’Brien say the man probably would have done?
C. Thrown his grenade
22. Why does O’Brien say he told his daughter he hadn’t killed anyone?
A. She wouldn’t understand
23. What does O’Brien say about truth in storytelling?
C. Emotional truth matters more
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Chapter 14: Style
24. What strange behavior does the Vietnamese girl display?
A. She dances
25. What happened to her village?
A. It was attacked and burned
26. How does Azar respond to the girl’s dancing?
B. He mocks her
27. How does Dobbins respond to Azar’s actions?
C. He threatens him
28. What is the likely meaning behind the girl’s dancing?
B. Mental collapse or grief
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Chapter 15: Speaking of Courage
29. What does Norman Bowker do throughout the chapter?
A. Drives in circles
30. Why does he circle the lake repeatedly?
B. He can’t stop thinking
31. What does Bowker imagine telling his father?
C. That he earned medals
32. What medal does Bowker almost win?
B. Silver Star
33. What causes Bowker to lose the medal?
C. He couldn’t save Kiowa
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Chapter 16: Notes
34. What does O'Brien reveal about Speaking of Courage?
C. Norman Bowker helped write it
35. What does O'Brien regret not doing for Norman Bowker?
A. Writing a better story