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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. Where does Corporal G convince the narrator to go with him when they get a nintey-six in "Bodies"?

2. How far is Tikrit from Baghdad?

3. How is the narrator's hometown described in "Bodies"?

4. Who is the narrator's senior drill instructor in "Bodies"?

5. Whom does the narrator describe covered in blood in "Redeployment"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision does the narrator make at the end of “OIF”? Why?

2. What is symbolized by the baseball uniforms in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. Who is the narrator of “Bodies”? How does this narrator describe his feelings about the war in the story?

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

5. Who is Rachel, and what role does she play in the story “Bodies”?

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

7. How does the theme of guilt apply to the narrator in “Money as a Weapons System”?

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

9. How do the Marines enter the targeted house in “FRAGO”? What do they discover upon entering?

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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