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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 was Rodriguez's friend and battalion member recently killed in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

2. Where has Kevin Boylan just returned from in the beginning of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

3. What does Jenks say his first thought was when he came to after his injury in "War Stories"?

4. For whom did Boylan ask the narrator to write a citation after his death in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

5. What award was the citation seeking that the narrator wrote for Boylan's friend in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the character of Zara represent in “Psychological Operations”?

2. What does Boylan relate of his career in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”? What does the narrator ask Boylan at the end of the story?

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

4. What “clues” are described to indicate the presence of prostitutes in “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

5. What symbolism is related in the story “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

6. How are the characters of Sarah and Jessie described in “War Stories”?

7. How does Waguih describe the incident where he was responsible for another man’s death in “Psychological Operations”?

8. What does the narrator think about when he passes the medic tent in “Ten Kliks South”?

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

10. How would you describe the narrative style of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”? What takes place in the opening of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and analyze the character named “Old Man” in “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” How does the narrator come to know this character? What does the character do in the end of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss aspects of irony and foreshadowing in “FRAGO.” What is ironic about the Iraqis that have been saved in the story? What happens to them? How is “the enemy” defined in this story?

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