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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) Weissert.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Craig.
(d) Eicholtz.

2. Who has said in “Money as a Weapons System” that "sports diplomacy" could lead to democracy in Iraq?
(a) Eicholtz.
(b) Chris Roper.
(c) Major Zima.
(d) Sergeant Green.

3. What does Doc use to treat Sweet's wound in "FRAGO"?
(a) QuickClot.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Vodka and fire.
(d) Iodine.

4. What does DI stand for in "OIF"?
(a) Detail Instructor.
(b) Drill Instructor.
(c) Double Indemnity.
(d) Drive Instructor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially told the narrator the story about the body bag in "Bodies"?

2. How is the narrator's hometown described in "Bodies"?

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

4. What was used as a torture weapon on the captives' ankles in "FRAGO"?

5. What happens to the Marine whose legs are blown off in the explosion in "OIF"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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