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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the narrator first told the story about the body bag in "Bodies"?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2002.

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

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

4. What does the acronym "MRAP" represent?
(a) Marine Redeployment and Processing.
(b) Machine-Rotated Artillery Puncture.
(c) Marine Rotary Assistant Police.
(d) Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.

5. What video game does the narrator describe playing in "After Action Report"?
(a) New Vice City.
(b) Knock Out.
(c) Grand Theft Auto.
(d) Pokemon.

6. Who is ordered by Doc to tend to Sweet's wound in "FRAGO"?
(a) Craig.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Moore.
(d) Dyer.

7. When does Nathan arrive in Tikrit in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2008.

8. What operative name does the narrator describe for the activity of shooting dogs in "Redeployment"?
(a) Operation GoGo.
(b) Operation Scooby.
(c) Operation Stimpy.
(d) Operation Old Yeller.

9. What video game does the narrator describe Timhead playing in "After Action Report"?
(a) Pokemon.
(b) New Vice City.
(c) Zelda.
(d) Grand Theft Auto.

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

11. Who is the fellow Marine that points out the dogs drinking blood in "Redeployment"?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Eicholtz.
(c) Craig.
(d) Weissert.

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

13. When was Timhead's older brother killed in combat?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

14. The narrator says in "Bodies" that except for him and the corporal, everyone in Mortuary Affairs talked about what?
(a) Morality.
(b) Love.
(c) Women.
(d) Ghosts.

15. How long after the narrator got his dog from the shelter did it start turning gray in "Redeployment"?
(a) 1 year later.
(b) 2 years later.
(c) 6 months later.
(d) 3 years later.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Bodies" differentiate how women and men prefer hearing Iraq stories?

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

3. Who sends Nathan an email suggesting he start a baseball league with the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?

4. How long after graduating boot camp is the narrator deployed to Iraq for the first time in "Bodies"?

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

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