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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Amherst College located?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

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

3. What award did the deceased friend of Boylan receive posthumously in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) The Medal of Honor.
(b) The Navy Cross.
(c) The Bronze Star.
(d) The Purple Heart.

4. What drug was Jenks given that erases memory after his injury?
(a) Benedrine.
(b) Amoxyl.
(c) Pazil.
(d) Versed.

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

6. What happens to the terrorist leader in Waguih's story in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) He escapes to Egypt.
(b) He attacks and kills an entire Marine troop.
(c) He escapes to Afghanistan.
(d) He is killed by the Marines.

7. What word from "Ten Kliks South" refers to a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories?
(a) Flashbang.
(b) Howitzer.
(c) Daisy Chain.
(d) PRG.

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

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

10. Who tells the narrator about his experiences in the Vietnam War in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's uncle.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's grandfather.

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

12. How much money per year does the narrator's new job pay in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $230,000.
(c) $160,000.
(d) $59,000.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Rodriguez and the priest standing in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

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

3. Who is the narrator sitting next to that he describes as "our number one guy" in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?

4. What does Deetz say a person would be charged with for killing in America with the weapons used in Iraq in "Ten Kliks South"?

5. What is Jessie's disability in "War Stories"?

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