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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator urge Dyer to get at the cafeteria in "FRAGO"?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) Cheesecake.
(c) Cherry cobbler.
(d) Oatmeal.

2. What does the narrator consider drinking to deal with his circumstances in "FRAGO"?
(a) Listerine.
(b) Rum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Gasoline.

3. Who sends Nathan an email suggesting he start a baseball league with the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Sergeant Kurtz.
(b) Eicholtz.
(c) Gene Goodwin.
(d) Corporal Moore.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Corporal G convince the narrator to go with him when they get a nintey-six in "Bodies"?

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

3. Who leads the 2nd Fire Team in "FRAGO"?

4. What does the narrator put into Dyer's hand in the end of "FRAGO"?

5. How does the narrator describe Rachel's demeanor in high school in "Bodies"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolism is depicted in the story titled “FRAGO”? What does the narrator’s experience represent?

2. What is symbolized by the baseball uniforms in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. How do the Marines enter the targeted house in “FRAGO”? What do they discover upon entering?

4. What was the narrator’s position in the military in “Bodies”? How did this position affect him?

5. Whose memorial is described in “After Action Report”? How is the memorial described?

6. What killing has taken place in “After Action Report”? Why does the narrator take credit for the killing?

7. What decision does the narrator make at the end of “OIF”? Why?

8. How are IEDs defined in “OIF”? How are daisy chains described?

9. Who is Rachel, and what role does she play in the story “Bodies”?

10. How would you describe the language style of “OIF”? Why do you think the author employs this style?

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