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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) 38.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

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

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

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

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

6. Who orders five beers at once during the refueling stop in "Redeployment"?
(a) Corporal Weissert.
(b) Lieutenant Eicholtz.
(c) Corporal O'Leary.
(d) Sergeant Price.

7. Where does the narrator describe flying out of to return home in "Redeployment"?
(a) Kuwait.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Iran.

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

9. Who is the narrator of "After Action Report"?
(a) Corporal Moore.
(b) Corporal Garza.
(c) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(d) Lance Corporal Suba.

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

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

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

13. Who is described as the only Muslim in the narrator's platoon in "After Action Report"?
(a) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(b) Corporal Moore.
(c) Corporal Weissert.
(d) Lance Corporal Jobrani.

14. What is wrong with the current water pipelines that have been constructed in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) They are made of lead.
(b) They have the wrong water pressure.
(c) They have melted from bombing.
(d) They are made of plastic.

15. The narrator says in "Bodies" that except for him and the corporal, everyone in Mortuary Affairs talked about what?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Women.
(c) Love.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to language peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group?

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

3. Who is the fellow Marine that points out the dogs drinking blood in "Redeployment"?

4. When was Timhead's older brother killed in combat?

5. How does the narrator describe Rachel's views on war in "Bodies"?

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