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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 dies as a result of injuries from the attack on the MRAP in "After Action Report"?
(a) Lance Corporal Suba.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Corporal Garza.
(d) Corporal Moore.

2. Who gets out of the vehicle with the narrator when it is hit by an IED in "OIF"?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Corporal Sweet.
(d) Sergeant Kurtz.

3. Who drops off several baseball uniforms for the local Iraqi boys in “Money as a Weapons System”?
(a) Major Zima.
(b) Corporal Sweet.
(c) Corporal Garza.
(d) Corporal Craig.

4. How does the narrator describe Rachel's demeanor in high school in "Bodies"?
(a) She was filled with suppressed rage.
(b) She was melancholy.
(c) She was bubbly.
(d) She was effervescent.

5. What is the name of the narrator's dog in "Redeployment"?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Vicar.
(c) Ruddy.
(d) Andy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fellow Marine that points out the dogs drinking blood in "Redeployment"?

2. Who is described as the only Muslim in the narrator's platoon in "After Action Report"?

3. What word refers to language peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group?

4. Who is ordered by Doc to tend to Sweet's wound in "FRAGO"?

5. What operative name does the narrator describe for the activity of shooting dogs in "Redeployment"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Who is the narrator of “After Action Report”? What is taking place when this story begins?

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

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