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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Sarah's profession in "War Stories"?
(a) She is a journalist.
(b) She is a doctor.
(c) She is an actress.
(d) She is a waitress.

4. Where are Rodriguez and the priest standing in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Outside of the first battalion's zone.
(b) Outside of Camp Lejeune.
(c) Outside of Charlie Medical.
(d) Outside of the chapel.

5. 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) Zima.
(d) Jobrani.

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

7. Who has just been pronounced dead in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Major Zima.
(b) Corporal Garza.
(c) Denton Fujita.
(d) Lance Corporal Jobrani.

8. For how long has the narrator's unit been in Iraq in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 months.

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

10. Who is the terrorist leader described in "Psychological Operations"?
(a) Hamida al-Attas.
(b) Osama bin Laden.
(c) Omar bin Laden.
(d) Laith al-Tawhid.

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

12. How old is James Vockler when he is killed in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 26.
(d) 21.

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

14. What did Wilson and Jenks spend most of their time doing when deployed in Iraq?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Cleaning bodies for Morturary Affairs.
(c) Sending radio signals.
(d) Building and repairing roads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is given to the narrator before his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

2. Where is the first female that the narrator sees during his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?

3. Who is the priest's former mentor in "Prayer in the Furnace"?

4. Where is the priest serving in the end of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

5. What does Boylan say has ruined his chances for promotion to major in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

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