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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Prayer in the Furnace”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym NAM represent in "OIF"?
(a) Naval Artillery Machine.
(b) Naval Academy Marine.
(c) Navy Achievement Medal.
(d) The Vietnam War.

2. When does Nathan arrive in Tikrit in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2003.

3. What does "Istalquall" mean in English?
(a) Warfare.
(b) The enemy.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

4. Who has said in “Money as a Weapons System” that "sports diplomacy" could lead to democracy in Iraq?
(a) Eicholtz.
(b) Chris Roper.
(c) Major Zima.
(d) Sergeant Green.

5. Who leads the 1st Fire Team in "FRAGO"?
(a) Corporal O'Leary.
(b) Corporal Weissert.
(c) Corporal Craig.
(d) Corporal Moore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of project is described as "big" by Bob in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. Who is described as the only Muslim in the narrator's platoon in "After Action Report"?

4. Whom does the narrator describe covered in blood in "Redeployment"?

5. Who is the woman that interviews Iraqi women for the health clinic in “Money as a Weapons System”?

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