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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Rodriguez and the priest standing in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Outside of Charlie Medical.
(b) Outside of Camp Lejeune.
(c) Outside of the first battalion's zone.
(d) Outside of the chapel.

2. What disease do the members of First Platoon contract in Iraq?
(a) Syphillis.
(b) Gonorrhea.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Herpes.

3. What role did Waguih play in PsyOps?
(a) He was an engineer.
(b) He was a medic.
(c) He worked in the mortuary.
(d) He was a translator.

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

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 put in jail.
(d) She'd be forced to marry him.

6. What word from "Prayer in the Furnace" refers to biographies of saints or venerated persons?
(a) Hagiographic.
(b) Enlistmentary.
(c) Paramentary.
(d) Elegaic.

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

8. What does Deetz say a person would be charged with for killing in America with the weapons used in Iraq in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Barbarism.
(c) Murder.
(d) Espionage.

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

10. What medication and hormone is described in "War Stories"?
(a) Proazone.
(b) Paragrine.
(c) Axenalpine.
(d) Epinephrine.

11. What does Rodgriguez ask the priest in their second meeting in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Whether a person goes to hell for not caring about the war.
(b) Whether a person goes to hell for murdering a civilian.
(c) Whether a person goes to hell for adultery.
(d) Whether a person goes to hell for not stopping a murder.

12. Why does Zara report Waguih to school authorities in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) For raping her roommate.
(b) For drinking on campus.
(c) For vandalism.
(d) For making a threat to her.

13. Approximately how many people does Sanchez estimate each man killed in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) 1.3.
(b) 0.9.
(c) 0.52.
(d) 0.7.

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

15. Where is the priest serving in the end of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Camp Scott.
(b) Camp Lejeune.
(c) Camp Zima.
(d) Camp Dover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from "Ten Kliks South" refers to a cord used to fire an artillery piece or arm the fuze mechanism on an air-dropped bomb?

2. When did Jenks join the Marine Corps?

3. What does Jenks say his first thought was when he came to after his injury in "War Stories"?

4. How far is Haditha from Baghdad?

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

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