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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says he doesn't feel like he killed anybody in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Haupert.
(b) Jewett.
(c) Eicholtz.
(d) Zima.

2. How many have died in Rodriguez's battalion in the past four months in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) 19.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

3. Who loaded the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Green.
(b) Kurtz.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Jobrani.

4. What is Zara's last name in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Davies.

5. How was Rodriguez's friend and battalion member recently killed in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) He fell into the river.
(b) He was shot by a sniper.
(c) He stepped on a land mine.
(d) He was electrocuted.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word from "In Vietnam They Had Whores" refers to the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia?

4. What word from "Prayer in the Furnace" refers to biographies of saints or venerated persons?

5. What religion does Zara decide to convert to in "Psychological Operations"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What compels the Marines to create mathematical formulas in “Ten Kliks South”?

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