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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym PPE in "OIF" represent?
(a) Personal Protective Equipment.
(b) Platoon of Priority Engineers.
(c) Personal Priority Engagement.
(d) Protocol for Protective Engineers.

2. What does the narrator suggest his girlfriend do when he returns home in "OIF"?
(a) He suggests she leave her husband.
(b) He tells her to move to Cleveland.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He tells her to leave him.

3. Who dies as a result of injuries from the attack on the MRAP in "After Action Report"?
(a) Corporal Moore.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Corporal Garza.
(d) Lance Corporal Suba.

4. What does the narrator put into Dyer's hand in the end of "FRAGO"?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A fork.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

5. Who gets out of the vehicle with the narrator when it is hit by an IED in "OIF"?
(a) Corporal Sweet.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Sergeant Green.
(d) Sergeant Kurtz.

6. Who introduces Nathan to Cindy in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Paul.
(b) James.
(c) Bob.
(d) Mark.

7. What does the narrator do when he opens his mail to find pictures of his naked girlfriend in "Bodies"?
(a) He throws the pictures out the window.
(b) He gives the pictures to the corporal.
(c) He stuffs the pictures in his mouth.
(d) He lights the pictures on fire.

8. Who is the fellow Marine that points out the dogs drinking blood in "Redeployment"?
(a) Eicholtz.
(b) Craig.
(c) O'Leary.
(d) Weissert.

9. What type of project is described as "big" by Bob in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Filtering water.
(b) Starting a baseball league.
(c) Erecting a water treatment plant.
(d) Starting a Women's Business Bureau.

10. What is the narrator's enlistment code in "OIF"?
(a) 3400.
(b) 2500.
(c) 5100.
(d) 4200.

11. What branch of the military did Rachel want the narrator to join instead of the Marines?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Peace Corps.
(d) The Army.

12. What does the narrator consider drinking to deal with his circumstances in "FRAGO"?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Listerine.
(d) Rum.

13. Who is the narrator's senior drill instructor in "Bodies"?
(a) Staff Sergeant Anderson.
(b) Staff Sergeant Kerwin.
(c) Staff Sergeant Burke.
(d) Staff Sergeant Price.

14. What does the narrator urge Dyer to get at the cafeteria in "FRAGO"?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Cheesecake.
(c) Cherry cobbler.
(d) Cupcakes.

15. Who is the narrator of "After Action Report"?
(a) Corporal Moore.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Corporal Garza.
(d) Lance Corporal Suba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe flying out of to return home in "Redeployment"?

2. What operative name does the narrator describe for the activity of shooting dogs in "Redeployment"?

3. Who shoots the young Iraqi boy in "After Action Report"?

4. What does the acronym OEF stand for in the narrative?

5. What does DI stand for in "OIF"?

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