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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 drops off several baseball uniforms for the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Major Zima.
(b) Corporal Craig.
(c) Corporal Garza.
(d) Corporal Sweet.

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

3. What type of device is described by the narrator in "OIF" as one that sets off multiple blasts?
(a) A Daisy Chain.
(b) A Stairway.
(c) A Triple-Wheel.
(d) A Railroad Connection.

4. What term do the Marines use to refer to the enemy in Redeployment?
(a) Regi's.
(b) Charlies.
(c) Nonops.
(d) Hajjis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "After Action Report"?

2. Who married a forty-year-old with two kids two weeks before deployment, according to the narrator in "After Action Report"?

3. Who is the narrator's senior drill instructor in "Bodies"?

4. Where does Cpl Sweet get shot in "FRAGO"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is symbolized by the death of the Iraqi boy in “After Action Report”?

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

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

8. How is the narrator’s civilian life described when he returns home in “Redeployment”?

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

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

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