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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. How far is Haditha from Baghdad?
(a) 240 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 122 miles.
(d) 150 miles.

2. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?
(a) They are all related by the same first-person narrator.
(b) They are all related in first-person from different perspectives.
(c) They are all related from a third-person omniscient narrator.
(d) Half are related in first-person and half are related in third-person.

3. What does Boylan say has ruined his chances for promotion to major in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) He was cited for insubordination.
(b) He got a DUI.
(c) He committed treason.
(d) He was injured too badly.

4. Where has Kevin Boylan just returned from in the beginning of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Tripoli.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Iran.

5. Who has just been pronounced dead in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Denton Fujita.
(b) Major Zima.
(c) Lance Corporal Jobrani.
(d) Corporal Garza.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wilson compare Jenks to himself in "War Stories"?

2. Approximately how many people does Sanchez estimate each man killed in "Ten Kliks South"?

3. What role did Waguih play in PsyOps?

4. What was the narrator's position during his second deployment to Fallujah in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

5. What is the nickname of the narrator's friend and fellow Marine in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rodriguez symbolize in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

2. What conversation takes place between Wilson and Jessie in the end of “War Stories”?

3. How does the theme of guilt apply to Wilson in “War Stories”?

4. How is Jewett described in “Ten Kliks South”? What is Jewett’s central conflict?

5. What is portrayed as an obstacle for Marines in obtaining mental help in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

6. What obstacles does the priest face in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

7. What causes Jewett to risk insubordination in “Ten Kliks South”?

8. How would you describe the characters of Wilson and Jenks in “War Stories”?

9. Who is James Vockler and how does his death impact the narrator in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

10. How does Waguih describe the incident where he was responsible for another man’s death in “Psychological Operations”?

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