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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doc use to treat Sweet's wound in "FRAGO"?

2. Whose desk is Nathan instructed to take at his new office in Tikrit in “Money as a Weapons System”?

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

4. What video game does the narrator describe Timhead playing in "After Action Report"?

5. What branch of the military did Rachel want the narrator to join instead of the Marines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the actions, objectives, obstacles, and conflicts of Najdah in “Money as a Weapons System.” What organization has Najdah established? What has driven her to her cause? What is the outcome for her objectives?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters of Waguih and Zara in “Psychological Operations.” What are the actions, objectives, and obstacles of each character in the story? What is the emotional driving force for each of these characters? What do they each represent symbolically in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the narrator of “OIF” make the decision to redeploy? What alternatives does he face? What does he hope to gain from his redeployment? How does this decision affect his life?

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