Question 1: In the list of all the things the soldiers carried, what item was most surprising? Which items did you ?nd most evocative of the war?
Question 2: In what sense does Jimmy love Martha? Why does he construct this elaborate, mostly fictional, relationship with her? What does he get out of it?
Question 3: Why do the soldiers tell jokes about the war and about king?
Question 4: Why does Jimmy burn Martha's letters?
Question 5: How has Jimmy changed by the end of the story? How will he be a different person from this point on? What has he learned about himself? Or, to put it another way, what has he lost and what has he gained?