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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 Zara's last name in "Psychological Operations"?
2. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?
3. What was the narrator's position during his second deployment to Fallujah in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
4. Where has Kevin Boylan just returned from in the beginning of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
5. According to the storyteller in "In Vietnam They Had Whores," what would happen in Vietnam if a prostitute from a white brothel was caught servicing a black man?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator realize during the memorial in “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?
2. How is Jewett described in “Ten Kliks South”? What is Jewett’s central conflict?
3. What does Waguih relate to Zara regarding propaganda in “Psychological Operations”?
4. Describe the narrative style of “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” What is happening in the beginning of the story?
5. What is portrayed as an obstacle for Marines in obtaining mental help in “Prayer in the Furnace”?
6. How does Waguih describe the incident where he was responsible for another man’s death in “Psychological Operations”?
7. What does the narrator represent symbolically in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
8. What does Rodriguez symbolize in “Prayer in the Furnace”?
9. What obstacles does the priest face in “Prayer in the Furnace”?
10. What does the narrator think about when he passes the medic tent in “Ten Kliks South”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss aspects of irony and foreshadowing in “FRAGO.” What is ironic about the Iraqis that have been saved in the story? What happens to them? How is “the enemy” defined in this story?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character named “Old Man” in “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” How does the narrator come to know this character? What does the character do in the end of the story? Why?
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