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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. Who is the DI the narrator describes having beaten an Iraqi to death with a radio in "After Action Report"?
(a) Staff Sergeant Black.
(b) Corporal Weissert.
(c) Lance Corporal Jobrani.
(d) Lance Corporal MacClelland.

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

3. Whom does the narrator describe covered in blood in "Redeployment"?
(a) Weissert.
(b) Eicholtz.
(c) Craig.
(d) O'Leary.

4. How is the narrator's hometown described in "Bodies"?
(a) Big.
(b) Small.
(c) Artsy and academic.
(d) On the outskirts of a large city.

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 put in jail.
(c) She'd be forced to marry him.
(d) She'd be sent to North Korea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Cindy in “Money as a Weapons System”?

3. Who is the woman that interviews Iraqi women for the health clinic in “Money as a Weapons System”?

4. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?

5. What military slang term is used in "OIF" to describe non-infantry, non-combat soldiers or staff?

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