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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where are the families of Marines killed in action sent to see their loved ones buried, according to the narrator in "OIF"?
(a) Lejeune.
(b) Dover.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Signa.

5. Where does Cpl Sweet get shot in "FRAGO"?
(a) In the neck.
(b) In the arm.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the thigh.

6. For what organization do the Marines presume the torture has been recorded in "FRAGO"?
(a) Al Ghurabaa.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Abu Sayyaf.
(d) Takfir wal-Hijra.

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

8. What does the narrator describe having happened to "the retarded guy in the cage" in "Redeployment"?
(a) "They'd poisoned him with sleeping pills."
(b) "They'd electrocuted him."
(c) "They'd shot dexodrone into his skull."
(d) "They'd shot mercury into his skull."

9. What word refers to language peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group?
(a) Omniscience.
(b) Irony.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Jargon.

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

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

12. Who is described as "the sober Mormon" in "Redeployment"?
(a) Captain O'Leary.
(b) Corporal Craig.
(c) Corporal Weissert.
(d) Sergeant Price.

13. What video game does the narrator describe Timhead playing in "After Action Report"?
(a) New Vice City.
(b) Grand Theft Auto.
(c) Pokemon.
(d) Zelda.

14. Who drops off several baseball uniforms for the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Corporal Sweet.
(b) Corporal Garza.
(c) Major Zima.
(d) Corporal Craig.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the memorial held for the Marine that was killed by the MRAP attack in "After Action Report"?

3. Who married a forty-year-old with two kids two weeks before deployment, according to the narrator in "After Action Report"?

4. Whose desk is Nathan instructed to take at his new office in Tikrit in “Money as a Weapons System”?

5. What is the narrator's hometown in "Bodies"?

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