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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say it's "supposed to feel" to have killed someone in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Good.
(c) Scary.
(d) Terrible.

2. What role did Waguih play in PsyOps?
(a) He worked in the mortuary.
(b) He was an engineer.
(c) He was a medic.
(d) He was a translator.

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

4. The priest's former mentor tells him in "Prayer in the Furnace" that it is natural for men to do what?
(a) Want to kill.
(b) Commit adultery.
(c) Regret coming to war.
(d) Lose faith under the circumstances of war.

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

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

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

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

9. Who does the narrator fear is calling him in the beginning of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) Corporal Weissert.
(c) James Vockler.
(d) Denton Fujita.

10. 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) Descriptions of the weapons owned by the Marines.
(c) Taunts regarding the Muslim faith.
(d) Threats of kidnapping, murder, and rape.

11. What word from "Prayer in the Furnace" refers to biographies of saints or venerated persons?
(a) Elegaic.
(b) Hagiographic.
(c) Paramentary.
(d) Enlistmentary.

12. How many have died in Rodriguez's battalion in the past four months in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) 2.
(b) 19.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

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

14. What does Boylan's voice remind the narrator of in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Kenya.
(c) New York.
(d) Korea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many surgeries did Jenks undergo during his recovery?

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

4. How old is James Vockler when he is killed in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

5. When did Jenks join the Marine Corps?

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