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

2. How far is Tikrit from Baghdad?
(a) 125 miles.
(b) 29 miles.
(c) 52 miles.
(d) 87 miles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of project is described as "big" by Bob in “Money as a Weapons System”?

2. What military slang term is used in "OIF" to describe non-infantry, non-combat soldiers or staff?

3. Who is the woman that interviews Iraqi women for the health clinic in “Money as a Weapons System”?

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

5. Who leads the 1st Fire Team in "FRAGO"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony is related regarding Rachel in “Bodies”?

2. What happens to Rachel in the end of “Bodies”?

3. What conflicts does the narrator face in “Money as a Weapons System”?

4. How does the theme of guilt apply to the narrator in “Money as a Weapons System”?

5. What does the narrator do in the end of “Redeployment”? Why?

6. Describe the narrative style in “Money as a Weapons System.” What is the narrator’s perspective on the war in the beginning of the story?

7. What do the Marines do after entering the basement in “FRAGO”?

8. How does the narrator feel when turning in his rifle after deployment in “Redeployment”?

9. Describe the narrative style of “FRAGO.” What is taking place when the story begins?

10. What internal conflict plagues Timhead in “After Action Report”?

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