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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. Who drops off several baseball uniforms for the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?

2. Who dies as a result of injuries from the attack on the MRAP in "After Action Report"?

3. Who has said in “Money as a Weapons System” that "sports diplomacy" could lead to democracy in Iraq?

4. How does the narrator describe his feelings for the PFC that died in the end of "OIF"?

5. Where does the narrator's plane stop to refuel as it takes him home in "Redeployment"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel when turning in his rifle after deployment in “Redeployment”?

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator do in the end of “Redeployment”? Why?

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

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

9. What literary element dominates “Money as a Weapons System”?

10. Whose memorial is described in “After Action Report”? How is the memorial described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of dogs in “Redeployment.” How does the narrator describe the dogs during his deployment? How does he feel about killing the dogs? How does the narrator’s dog at come connect with the dogs in Iraq?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme and representation of bureaucracy in “Money as a Weapons System.” Does the author present the bureaucratic processes of the military in a favorable light or an unfavorable one? Why? How does the narrator feel about the bureaucratic system?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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