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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator of "War Stories"?
(a) Jenks.
(b) Jessie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Wilson.

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

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

5. What is Jessie's disability in "War Stories"?
(a) She is missing a leg.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is missing a finger.
(d) She is a paraplegic.

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

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

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

9. What smell does Jenks recall during the blast that injured him in "War Stories"?
(a) Sulphur.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Burning flesh.
(d) Battery acid.

10. Who reads aloud Jenks's words about his injury in "War Stories"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Betty.
(c) Marie.
(d) Sarah.

11. Why did Waguih join the military?
(a) To help college costs and make his father proud.
(b) To attain revenge on his father.
(c) To commit espionage.
(d) To attain revenge for his brother's death.

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

13. 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) Espionage.
(c) Murder.
(d) Barbarism.

14. What can the priest see in Rodriguez's face in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Grief.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Rage.

15. What is given to the narrator before his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) A locket.
(b) A cigarette case.
(c) A metal cross.
(d) A pocket watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the narrator completed law school in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

2. What does Boylan's voice remind the narrator of in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

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

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

5. What drug was Jenks given that erases memory after his injury?

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