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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. What is the priest's former career in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

2. What did Wilson and Jenks spend most of their time doing when deployed in Iraq?

3. What is Vockler's military unit when he is killed?

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

5. Who has just been pronounced dead in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jewett described in “Ten Kliks South”? What is Jewett’s central conflict?

2. What obstacles does the priest face in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

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

4. What does Waguih relate to Zara regarding propaganda in “Psychological Operations”?

5. How does the theme of exploitation apply to Waguih in “Psychological Operations”?

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

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

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

9. What does Waguih represent in “Psychological Operations”? What was Waguih’s role in the military?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Timhead in “After Action Report.” What are Timhead’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story? What are the main conflicts that Timhead grapples with? Who assists Timhead?

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

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?

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