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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 50.
(c) About 30.
(d) Over 100.

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

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

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

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

6. What is the priest's former career in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) He is a former banker.
(b) He is a former lawyer.
(c) He is a former teacher.
(d) He is a former boxer.

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

8. Where is the first female that the narrator sees during his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Dover.
(c) Al Asad.
(d) LeJeune.

9. What is Zara's last name in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Davies.
(d) Smith.

10. Who is the narrator sitting next to that he describes as "our number one guy" in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Voorstadt.
(b) Eicholtz.
(c) MacClelland.
(d) O'Leary.

11. What is the nickname of the narrator's friend and fellow Marine in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Baby Face.
(b) Schnoz.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Dog.

12. How are the women described at the strip club the narrator goes to in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Unattractive.
(b) Iraqi.
(c) Very young.
(d) Very attractive.

13. Who is the priest's former mentor in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Father Connelly.
(b) Father Skawinski.
(c) Father Smith.
(d) Father O'Leary.

14. What is Rodriguez covered in during the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Coal.
(b) Flour.
(c) Machine oil.
(d) Blood.

15. Where does the narrator go with his friend after the memorial service in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) The Pink Pussycat.
(b) The White Horse.
(c) The Cat's Meow.
(d) The Pink Flamingo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deetz eating in "Ten Kliks South"?

2. 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?

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

4. How does the narrator say it's "supposed to feel" to have killed someone in "Ten Kliks South"?

5. What smell does Jenks recall during the blast that injured him in "War Stories"?

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