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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Rachel's demeanor in high school in "Bodies"?

2. Where is the narrator reunited with Cpl Sweet in the end of "FRAGO"?

3. What type of device is described by the narrator in "OIF" as one that sets off multiple blasts?

4. What is the narrator's enlistment code in "OIF"?

5. What does the narrator suggest his girlfriend do when he returns home in "OIF"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the language style of “OIF”? Why do you think the author employs this style?

2. What decision does the narrator make at the end of “OIF”? Why?

3. What was the narrator’s position in the military in “Bodies”? How did this position affect him?

4. How does the narrator describe the different units in “OIF”? What was the narrator’s unit?

5. What is symbolized by the death of the Iraqi boy in “After Action Report”?

6. What do the military medals in “OIF” represent symbolically?

7. How are IEDs defined in “OIF”? How are daisy chains described?

8. What is symbolized by the baseball uniforms in “Money as a Weapons System”?

9. How does the theme of guilt apply to the narrator in “Money as a Weapons System”?

10. What does the narrator do in the end of “Redeployment”? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes Dyer’s inability to act in “FRAGO”? How would you describe this character? What is done to help Dyer? Are these actions effective?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Jewett insistent that he didn’t kill anyone in “Ten Kliks South”? Why and how does he risk insubordination in the story? What responses does he receive from his sergeant? How does Jewett relate to the other characters in Redeployment?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of dogs in “Redeployment.” How does the narrator describe the dogs during his deployment? How does he feel about killing the dogs? How does the narrator’s dog at come connect with the dogs in Iraq?

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