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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. Who is the fellow Marine that points out the dogs drinking blood in "Redeployment"?
(a) Craig.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Eicholtz.
(d) Weissert.

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

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

4. Who in the narrator's platoon was injured enough to be sent out of Iraq after the MRAP attack?
(a) Lance Corporal Jobrani.
(b) Big Man.
(c) Eicholtz.
(d) Corporal Moore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders five beers at once during the refueling stop in "Redeployment"?

2. How old is Cindy in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. Who is described as "the sober Mormon" in "Redeployment"?

4. What is the name of the narrator's dog in "Redeployment"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What literary element dominates “Money as a Weapons System”?

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

10. How does the narrator describe the different units in “OIF”? What was the narrator’s unit?

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