Student Name: *Student ID: *1.In the opening paragraph, the phrase “bone dry” primarily meansempty of skeletonscontaining skeletonsdeadhaunteddessicated2.The quick friendship between the interpreter and Kathleen is ironic becauseshe is an otherwise introverted childtheir nations were at war in the recent pasthe is a product of the village liberation cadresshe is impatient to leave the fieldthe rough ride has put everyone in a bad mood3.In the paragraph beginning “There were birds and butterflies,” the sentence beginning “This little field” marks a shift between thestraightforward and the ironicmetaphoric and the concreteliteral and the figurativeapologetic and the confessionalrealistic and the grotesque4.The word that LEAST describes “the Vietnam that kept [the narrator] awake at night” isshabbyprosaicunremarkableformalobscure5.When the narrator comments, “‘All that’s finished,’” this includes all of the following EXCEPTthe animosity between the Vietnamese and American peoplehis engagement with his own pasthis ceremonial remembrance of Kiowahis need for catharsis over the death of Kiowahis sense of having been psychologically swallowed up by the field6.[Choose the most complete answer.] The generation gap between the narrator and his daughter is reflected in their differing senses oftimehistorical significancetime and historical significancehistorical significance and right and wrongtime and right and wrong7.Considering the passage as a whole, Kathleen’s main function as a character is to providea contrast between innocence and experiencesome comic reliefan American perspective on cultural and political mattersa deus ex machinaverbal irony8.In the first paragraph, the phrase “you lose your gyroscope” implies thatyou have lost an important piece of equipmentyou have become disorientedyou have lost your moral compassyou will wander into enemy territoryyou are defenseless9.In the same paragraph, the phrase “Charlie’s magic” is best understood to meanthe trickery of a fellow soldierthe Viet Cong’s penchant for practical jokesthe enemy’s extraordinary ability in guerilla warfarethe enemy’s ability to exploit the superstitions of American soldiersthe Viet Cong’s belief in supernatural support10.In the paragraph beginning “We went over to my hootch,” the sentence “I felt like a soldier again” is ironic because the narratorhas never stopped being a soldieris disobeying a commandis participating in a phony operationis drunk and delusionalis helping the Viet Cong11.The one-sentence paragraph “I heard myself laugh” primarily serves to emphasizethe comedy of the scenethe irony of the situationthe narrator’s self-mockerythe narrator’s self-estrangementthe innocuous nature of the trick12.Expanded, the narrator’s whispered comment “‘Now you know’” would most likely readthe terror I feltwhat it’s like to be a real soldierall about Charlie’s magicwhat tricks the mind can playhow Azar and I tricked you13.Choose the most complete answer.] In the course of the passage, the narrator identifies withAzarBobby Jorgensonthe Viet CongAzar and the Viet CongBobby Jorgenson and the Viet Cong14.In the paragraph beginning “And now, finally,” the phrase “the slow bellydown crawl of evil” is an example ofapostrophemetonymyparadoxhyperbolepersonification15.The simile in the final sentence, “like a cardboard cutout,” primarily emphasizesJorgenson’s dehumanized conditionthe artificiality of the whole situationJorgenson’s lack of courageJorgenson’s rigid response to these provocationsthe lack of movie-star heroics in the scene16.The “language trick” mentioned in the first paragraph is best understood as a form ofpropaganda used to demoralize the enemypsychological warfare used to confuse the enemcode used to communicate better at nightverbal irony used to ease the soldiers’ travailseuphemism used to talk about death17.In the paragraph beginning “During those two weeks,” the phrase “clock-stopping black” is an example ofsymbolismmetaphorpersonificationalliterationirony18.In the paragraph beginning “‘Anyway,’” the phrase “huge black crystal ball” is an example ofsynecdochelitotesparadoxallusionoratory19.In the paragraph beginning “Late one afternoon,” the word “policing” is best understood to meanpatrollingcontrollingrankingfixingsorting20.What Rat Kiley finds most distasteful about the war is that itreduces men to mere fleshhas made him cold and clinicalleaves a soldier in constant fear of injuryhas cut him off from the pleasures of the fleshdestroyed his medical vocation21.[Choose the most complete answer.] Rat Kiley’s visions of bodily fragmentation include images ofhis comradesthe enemyhis comrades and the enemythe enemy and himselfhis comrades and himself22.In the context of the passage as a whole, the title refers to all the following EXCEPTthe shadow of death on the livingthe routine of those two weeksthe allurements of Quang Ngai Citythe creatures abroad at nightthe life-like qualities of the night