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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 wrong with the current water pipelines that have been constructed in “Money as a Weapons System”?

2. Who gets out of the vehicle with the narrator when it is hit by an IED in "OIF"?

3. What does the acronym EOD represent?

4. Who orders five beers at once during the refueling stop in "Redeployment"?

5. Who is the narrator of "After Action Report"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the different units in “OIF”? What was the narrator’s unit?

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

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

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

7. What is symbolized by the death of the Iraqi boy in “After Action Report”?

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

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

10. Describe the narrative style in “Money as a Weapons System.” What is the narrator’s perspective on the war in the beginning of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of Waguih and Zara in “Psychological Operations.” What are the actions, objectives, and obstacles of each character in the story? What is the emotional driving force for each of these characters? What do they each represent symbolically in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator’s relationship with his father in “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” Why is the narrator’s father telling him war stories in the beginning of the story? How does the narrator respond to the stories?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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