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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Prayer in the Furnace”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What weaponry do the teams use to tear down the back door of the target in "FRAGO"?
(a) An AK-47.
(b) A Remington Model 10.
(c) A Winchester Model 12.
(d) A M870.

3. What is the nickname of the narrator's friend and fellow Marine in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Dog.
(b) Old Man.
(c) Schnoz.
(d) Baby Face.

4. What is the name of the narrator in "Redeployment"?
(a) Sergeant Price.
(b) Sergeant Eicholtz.
(c) Lieutenant O'Leary.
(d) Sergeant Vicar.

5. According to the storyteller in "In Vietnam They Had Whores," what would happen in Vietnam if a prostitute from a white brothel was caught servicing a black man?
(a) She'd be beaten or murdered.
(b) She'd be sent to North Korea.
(c) She'd be forced to marry him.
(d) She'd be put in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator attend a memorial service for his team leader in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

2. Who is the team leader that tells the narrator that girls like war heroes in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

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

4. Whom does the narrator describe covered in blood in "Redeployment"?

5. Who shoots the young Iraqi boy in "After Action Report"?

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