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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?
(a) They are all related in first-person from different perspectives.
(b) They are all related by the same first-person narrator.
(c) Half are related in first-person and half are related in third-person.
(d) They are all related from a third-person omniscient narrator.

2. What medal has Boylan earned in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) A Purple Heart.
(b) A Medal of Honor.
(c) A Navy Cross.
(d) A Bronze Star.

3. What does the narrator's friend say he'll buy him in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) A lap dance.
(b) A new radio.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A car.

4. Who is the priest's former mentor in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Father Connelly.
(b) Father Smith.
(c) Father Skawinski.
(d) Father O'Leary.

5. What do the narrator's friends call him in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) "The Marine."
(b) "Officer."
(c) "The Drill Sergeant."
(d) "Captain."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "War Stories" refers to fragmentation thrown out by an exploding bomb or shell?

2. How much money per year does the narrator's new job pay in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

3. Who loaded the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?

4. What does Boylan's voice remind the narrator of in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

5. Who is the terrorist leader described in "Psychological Operations"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What compels the Marines to create mathematical formulas in “Ten Kliks South”?

2. How does the theme of guilt apply to Wilson in “War Stories”?

3. What does the narrator represent symbolically in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

4. Who is James Vockler and how does his death impact the narrator in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

5. Describe the narrative style of “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” What is happening in the beginning of the story?

6. How are the prostitutes from the Vietnam War described in “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

7. How does the theme of guilt apply to Boylan in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

8. What causes Jewett to risk insubordination in “Ten Kliks South”?

9. How would you describe the characters of Wilson and Jenks in “War Stories”?

10. What does Rodriguez symbolize in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

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