Fallen Angels

1. Which of the following leads Richie to enlist in the army?

2. Why does Earlene end her relationship with Peewee?

3. What are the circumstances of Jenkins’s death?

4. How does Lobel cope with his fear?

5. How does Peewee cope with his fear?

6. Besides combat, what problems do Richie and his fellow soldiers face?

7. Why does Richie not tell his mother or brother the truth about his war experiences?

8. Which of the following best describes Richie’s letter to Lieutenant Carroll’s wife about Carroll’s death?

9. What did Richie dream of doing before he enlisted in the army?

10. Why does Lobel blame himself for Carroll’s death?

11. What happens when Lieutenant Gearhart goes on his first patrol mission?

12. What is most important to Captain Stewart?

13. What is most important to Sergeant Simpson?

14. Why does Lobel enlist in the army?

15. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Richie and his mother prior to the war?

16. How does the war change the relationship between Richie and his mother?

17. How does Richie injure his knee?

18. How does Lobel’s father feel about the war?

19. How many Purple Hearts does Richie earn in the war?

20. How do Johnson and Walowick cope with having to kill people in the war?

21. Which of the following men do Peewee and Richie save from certain death?

22. Which of the following men is devoutly religious?

23. How does Richie feel about being ordered to return to his unit after he recuperates from his first wound?

24. How does Richie’s father feel about the war?

25. Why does Richie finally leave Vietnam at the end of Fallen Angels?