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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. How old is Cindy in “Money as a Weapons System”?

2. What is the narrator's wife's name in "Redeployment"?

3. How long after graduating boot camp is the narrator deployed to Iraq for the first time in "Bodies"?

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

5. Who is ordered by Doc to tend to Sweet's wound in "FRAGO"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What internal conflict plagues Timhead in “After Action Report”?

3. 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?

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

5. Whose memorial is described in “After Action Report”? How is the memorial described?

6. How does the narrator feel when turning in his rifle after deployment in “Redeployment”?

7. Describe the narrative style of “FRAGO.” What is taking place when the story begins?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound.” What drives him to answer the phone? Who has called him? What does the narrator want from this character? What conflicts arise 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

What causes Dyer’s inability to act in “FRAGO”? How would you describe this character? What is done to help Dyer? Are these actions effective?

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