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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 Vockler's military unit when he is killed?

2. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?

3. Where is Amherst College located?

4. What is Deetz eating in "Ten Kliks South"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe the statistics of Rodriguez’s battalion in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

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

10. How does Jenks describe his experience when injured in “War Stories”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of Wilson and Jenks in “War Stories.” How old are these characters? Where do they live? Why are they meeting Sarah and Jessie in the narrative? What is their relationship to one another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of guilt, validation, and grief in the stories from Redeployment. What characters relate to these themes? What statements do you think that the author is making in regards to guilt, validation, and grief through these narratives?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator of “After Action Report.” What is the arc of this character? What initiates changes in the character? How do these changes manifest?

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