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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the Marines Jenks was with died from the blast that injured him?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. What word from "In Vietnam They Had Whores" refers to an uncomfortably warm environment?
(a) Confessional.
(b) Pocket-room.
(c) Sweatbox.
(d) Larceny.

4. The priest's former mentor tells him in "Prayer in the Furnace" that it is natural for men to do what?
(a) Lose faith under the circumstances of war.
(b) Commit adultery.
(c) Regret coming to war.
(d) Want to kill.

5. Who goes outside to smoke in "War Stories"?
(a) Jenks.
(b) Jenks and Sarah.
(c) Wilson and Jessie.
(d) Roger and Jenks.

6. Where has the narrator completed law school in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Columbia University.

7. Who says he doesn't feel like he killed anybody in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Haupert.
(b) Eicholtz.
(c) Zima.
(d) Jewett.

8. Who fired the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Voorstadt.
(b) Green.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Kurtz.

9. What word from "War Stories" refers to fragmentation thrown out by an exploding bomb or shell?
(a) Shardel.
(b) Shrapnel.
(c) Collateral.
(d) PRAC.

10. Who does the narrator fear is calling him in the beginning of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) Denton Fujita.
(c) James Vockler.
(d) Corporal Weissert.

11. By the end of deployment, how many men in Rodriguez's battalion have been injured in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) About 50.
(b) About 30.
(c) Under 20.
(d) Over 100.

12. When did Jenks join the Marine Corps?
(a) A year after Wilson.
(b) At the same time as Wilson.
(c) A year before Wilson.
(d) Six months after Wilson.

13. Where is Waguih from?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Egypt.

14. What did Wilson and Jenks spend most of their time doing when deployed in Iraq?
(a) Cleaning bodies for Morturary Affairs.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Building and repairing roads.
(d) Sending radio signals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of music does Waguih describe the American troops playing on loudspeakers in Iraq?

3. How many men in Rodriguez's battalion have been killed by the end of deployment in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

4. What can the priest see in Rodriguez's face in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

5. Who is the terrorist leader described in "Psychological Operations"?

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