Redeployment Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Phil Klay
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Redeployment Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 does the narrator do when he opens his mail to find pictures of his naked girlfriend in "Bodies"?

2. What does Chris suggests Nathan teach Iraqi widows in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. What does the narrator urge Dyer to get at the cafeteria in "FRAGO"?

4. For what organization do the Marines presume the torture has been recorded in "FRAGO"?

5. What operative name does the narrator describe for the activity of shooting dogs in "Redeployment"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What irony is related regarding Rachel in “Bodies”?

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

4. What literary element dominates “Money as a Weapons System”?

5. What killing has taken place in “After Action Report”? Why does the narrator take credit for the killing?

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

7. What is discovered in the basement in “FRAGO”? How do the Marines enter the basement?

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

9. How does the narrator describe his trip to a local mall in “Redeployment”?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of baseball in “Money as a Weapons System.” What does baseball represent symbolically in the story? How does the narrator feel about baseball and the uniforms that have been sent to him? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator of “OIF” make the decision to redeploy? What alternatives does he face? What does he hope to gain from his redeployment? How does this decision affect his life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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