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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the woman at the bar that Corporal G tries to set up with the narrator in "Bodies"?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 38.
(d) 19.

2. What do the Marines drop into the basement to disorient the enemy in "FRAGO"?
(a) An AK-47.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A flashbang.
(d) A M870.

3. What happens to the Marine whose legs are blown off in the explosion in "OIF"?
(a) He is dishonorably discharged.
(b) He recovers and is awarded a Purple Heart.
(c) He goes on to become Corporal.
(d) He dies in surgery.

4. What weaponry do the teams use to tear down the back door of the target in "FRAGO"?
(a) A M870.
(b) A Winchester Model 12.
(c) A Remington Model 10.
(d) An AK-47.

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

6. Where does the narrator's plane stop to refuel as it takes him home in "Redeployment"?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Scotland.

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

8. Who is the woman that interviews Iraqi women for the health clinic in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Cheryl.
(b) Najdah.
(c) Zara.
(d) Sarah.

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

10. What does the acronym EOD represent?
(a) Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
(b) Endangered Operational Deployment.
(c) Explosive Operative Device.
(d) External Operating Device.

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

12. How old is Cindy in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) In her twenties.
(b) In her forties.
(c) In her thirties.
(d) In her fifties.

13. What does the acronym FRAGO represent?
(a) First Redirection of Orders.
(b) First Regiment at Guard Order.
(c) Fragmentary Order.
(d) First Redeployment and Guard Orders.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the DI the narrator describes having beaten an Iraqi to death with a radio in "After Action Report"?

4. Who examines the damage to the MRAP in the beginning of "After Action Report"?

5. What does the narrator describe having happened to "the retarded guy in the cage" in "Redeployment"?

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