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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Wilson compare Jenks to himself in "War Stories"?
(a) He is in love with Jenks.
(b) He used to be just like him.
(c) He is the opposite of him.
(d) He is kinder than Jenks.

4. How was Rodriguez's friend and battalion member recently killed in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) He stepped on a land mine.
(b) He was electrocuted.
(c) He fell into the river.
(d) He was shot by a sniper.

5. Who is the terrorist leader described in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Laith al-Tawhid.
(b) Osama bin Laden.
(c) Omar bin Laden.
(d) Hamida al-Attas.

6. How many people do the Marines estimate they killed per gun in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) 1.9.
(b) 2.3.
(c) 6.6.
(d) 7.2.

7. What is Vockler's military unit when he is killed?
(a) 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.
(b) 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines.
(c) 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines.
(d) 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines.

8. What kind of music does Waguih describe the American troops playing on loudspeakers in Iraq?
(a) Broadway music.
(b) Country music.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Opera music.

9. 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?
(a) Lanyard.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Mandible.
(d) Coronary.

10. What is Sarah's profession in "War Stories"?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is an actress.
(c) She is a journalist.
(d) She is a waitress.

11. What does Waguih describe calling out over the loudspeakers outside the terrorist leader's home in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Descriptions of Marines raping his wife and daughters.
(b) Threats of kidnapping, murder, and rape.
(c) Taunts regarding the Muslim faith.
(d) Descriptions of the weapons owned by the Marines.

12. How many Marines are sitting at the table in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

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

14. Who is the team leader that tells the narrator that girls like war heroes in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) West.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Zima.
(d) Jobrani.

15. 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 put in jail.
(b) She'd be beaten or murdered.
(c) She'd be forced to marry him.
(d) She'd be sent to North Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award was the citation seeking that the narrator wrote for Boylan's friend in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

2. What do the narrator's friends call him in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

3. Who fired the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?

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

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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