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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator's friend say he'll buy him in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) A new radio.
(b) A lap dance.
(c) A car.
(d) A gold watch.

5. What word from "Psychological Operations" refers to a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Displacement.
(d) Communism.

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

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

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

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

10. 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 not stopping a murder.
(c) Whether a person goes to hell for murdering a civilian.
(d) Whether a person goes to hell for adultery.

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

12. What word from "Psychological Operations" means a temporary stay?
(a) Sojourn.
(b) Variance.
(c) Parlay.
(d) Deposit.

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

14. How far is Haditha from Baghdad?
(a) 240 miles.
(b) 122 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 150 miles.

15. What do the narrator's friends call him in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) "The Marine."
(b) "Captain."
(c) "Officer."
(d) "The Drill Sergeant."

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. What is the priest's former career in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

3. What is Rodriguez covered in during the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

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

5. The priest's former mentor tells him in "Prayer in the Furnace" that it is natural for men to do what?

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