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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. Who in the narrator's platoon was injured enough to be sent out of Iraq after the MRAP attack?

2. What does the acronym "MRAP" represent?

3. How long after the narrator got his dog from the shelter did it start turning gray in "Redeployment"?

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

5. Who sends Nathan an email suggesting he start a baseball league with the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Marines do after entering the basement in “FRAGO”?

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

3. What is symbolized by the activity described in the beginning of “Redeployment”?

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

5. What happens to Rachel in the end of “Bodies”?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme and representation of bureaucracy in “Money as a Weapons System.” Does the author present the bureaucratic processes of the military in a favorable light or an unfavorable one? Why? How does the narrator feel about the bureaucratic system?

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

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?

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