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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Corporal G convince the narrator to go with him when they get a nintey-six in "Bodies"?
(a) New York.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Newark.

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

3. Where is the memorial held for the Marine that was killed by the MRAP attack in "After Action Report"?
(a) The Camp Lejeune chapel.
(b) The Camp Custard chapel.
(c) The Camp Reyes chapel.
(d) The Camp Fallujah chapel.

4. What does the acronym "MRAP" represent?
(a) Marine Redeployment and Processing.
(b) Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.
(c) Machine-Rotated Artillery Puncture.
(d) Marine Rotary Assistant Police.

5. Whom does the narrator describe covered in blood in "Redeployment"?
(a) Craig.
(b) Weissert.
(c) Eicholtz.
(d) O'Leary.

6. How old is Timhead's younger brother that's in juvie for setting fires?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

7. Who shoots the young Iraqi boy in "After Action Report"?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Timhead.
(c) Corporal Moore.
(d) Lance Corporal MacClelland.

8. How does the narrator of "Bodies" differentiate how women and men prefer hearing Iraq stories?
(a) Men like them conflicted and women like them simple.
(b) Men like them sad and women like them funny.
(c) Men like them funny and women like them sad.
(d) Men like them morbid and women like them vague.

9. What does DI stand for in "OIF"?
(a) Drive Instructor.
(b) Detail Instructor.
(c) Drill Instructor.
(d) Double Indemnity.

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

11. On what deployment of the narrator's does Rachel get married in "Bodies"?
(a) On his fourth deployment.
(b) On his fifth deployment.
(c) On his second deployment.
(d) On his third deployment.

12. What does PFC refer to in "Redeployment"?
(a) Private First Class.
(b) Protective Fire Control.
(c) Personal Fire Control.
(d) Protective First Consulate.

13. What operative name does the narrator describe for the activity of shooting dogs in "Redeployment"?
(a) Operation Stimpy.
(b) Operation GoGo.
(c) Operation Scooby.
(d) Operation Old Yeller.

14. Who married a forty-year-old with two kids two weeks before deployment, according to the narrator in "After Action Report"?
(a) Lance Corporal Jobrani.
(b) Sergeant Kurtz.
(c) Sergeant Price.
(d) Lance Corporal Suba.

15. What was used as a torture weapon on the captives' ankles in "FRAGO"?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A hand saw.
(c) A power drill.
(d) A shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's wife's name in "Redeployment"?

3. How long after the narrator got his dog from the shelter did it start turning gray in "Redeployment"?

4. What is wrong with the current water pipelines that have been constructed in “Money as a Weapons System”?

5. Who gets out of the vehicle with the narrator when it is hit by an IED in "OIF"?

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