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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 the narrator's plane stop to refuel as it takes him home in "Redeployment"?

2. What video game does the narrator describe Timhead playing in "After Action Report"?

3. What does the acronym NAM represent in "OIF"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolism is depicted in the story titled “FRAGO”? What does the narrator’s experience represent?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the actions, objectives, obstacles, and conflicts of Najdah in “Money as a Weapons System.” What organization has Najdah established? What has driven her to her cause? What is the outcome for her objectives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Rodriguez and the priest in “Prayer in the Furnace.” Why does the priest relate to Rodriguez’s anger? How does the priest go about helping Rodriguez? Is he successful? Why or why not?

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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