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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “War Stories”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smell does Jenks recall during the blast that injured him in "War Stories"?
(a) Battery acid.
(b) Sulphur.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Burning flesh.

2. What word from "In Vietnam They Had Whores" refers to the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia?
(a) Tundra.
(b) Parka.
(c) Monsoon.
(d) Gondola.

3. In what religion was Waguih raised?
(a) Greek Orthodox Christian.
(b) Coptic Orthodox Christian.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

4. Who is described as the only Muslim in the narrator's platoon in "After Action Report"?
(a) Corporal Moore.
(b) Lance Corporal MacClelland.
(c) Corporal Weissert.
(d) Lance Corporal Jobrani.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the narrator about his experiences in the Vietnam War in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

2. Where is the priest serving in the end of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

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

4. Who is the narrator of "After Action Report"?

5. What is Jessie's disability in "War Stories"?

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