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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “War Stories”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Waguih describe calling out over the loudspeakers outside the terrorist leader's home in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Descriptions of Marines raping his wife and daughters.
(b) Descriptions of the weapons owned by the Marines.
(c) Taunts regarding the Muslim faith.
(d) Threats of kidnapping, murder, and rape.

3. What happens to the terrorist leader in Waguih's story in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) He escapes to Egypt.
(b) He is killed by the Marines.
(c) He attacks and kills an entire Marine troop.
(d) He escapes to Afghanistan.

4. What word from "Psychological Operations" refers to a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Displacement.
(d) Imperialism.

5. How does the narrator describe his feelings for the PFC that died in the end of "OIF"?
(a) He resented him.
(b) He hated him.
(c) He loved him.
(d) He made fun of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?

2. How many have died in Rodriguez's battalion in the past four months in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

3. Where is Waguih from?

4. When was the narrator first told the story about the body bag in "Bodies"?

5. What does the acronym "MRAP" represent?

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