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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 military slang term is used in "OIF" to describe non-infantry, non-combat soldiers or staff?
(a) ANP.
(b) MTG.
(c) PNO.
(d) POG.

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

3. What is the narrator's hometown in "Bodies"?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Malvern.
(d) Callaway.

4. What does "Istalquall" mean in English?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Love.
(d) The enemy.

5. Who is the DI the narrator describes having beaten an Iraqi to death with a radio in "After Action Report"?
(a) Corporal Weissert.
(b) Lance Corporal Jobrani.
(c) Staff Sergeant Black.
(d) Lance Corporal MacClelland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does DI stand for in "OIF"?

3. Who shoots the young Iraqi boy in "After Action Report"?

4. What does the military acronym SSTP represent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe his trip to a local mall in “Redeployment”?

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

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

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

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