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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. Where does the narrator describe being sent after deployment and before returning home in "Redeployment"?
(a) IN.
(b) TQ.
(c) RA.
(d) RC.

2. What does the narrator do when he opens his mail to find pictures of his naked girlfriend in "Bodies"?
(a) He lights the pictures on fire.
(b) He stuffs the pictures in his mouth.
(c) He throws the pictures out the window.
(d) He gives the pictures to the corporal.

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

4. What branch of the military did Rachel want the narrator to join instead of the Marines?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Navy.

5. Who is described as "the sober Mormon" in "Redeployment"?
(a) Sergeant Price.
(b) Captain O'Leary.
(c) Corporal Craig.
(d) Corporal Weissert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's wife's name in "Redeployment"?

2. What does the narrator suggest his girlfriend do when he returns home in "OIF"?

3. What does the narrator consider drinking to deal with his circumstances in "FRAGO"?

4. How old is the woman at the bar that Corporal G tries to set up with the narrator in "Bodies"?

5. What term do the Marines use to refer to the enemy in Redeployment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of “Bodies”? How does this narrator describe his feelings about the war in the story?

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

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

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

5. What do the military medals in “OIF” represent symbolically?

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 is symbolized by the activity described in the beginning of “Redeployment”?

8. What is discovered in the basement in “FRAGO”? How do the Marines enter the basement?

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

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

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