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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Over 100.
(c) About 50.
(d) About 30.

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

3. How many men in Rodriguez's battalion have been killed by the end of deployment in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

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

5. 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) Murder.
(b) Espionage.
(c) Barbarism.
(d) Terrorism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says he doesn't feel like he killed anybody in "Ten Kliks South"?

2. What term from "Ten Kliks South" refers to a cord used to fire an artillery piece or arm the fuze mechanism on an air-dropped bomb?

3. Why does Zara report Waguih to school authorities in "Psychological Operations"?

4. What word from "Prayer in the Furnace" refers to biographies of saints or venerated persons?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jenks describe his experience when injured in “War Stories”?

2. What does Waguih relate to Zara regarding propaganda in “Psychological Operations”?

3. What “clues” are described to indicate the presence of prostitutes in “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

4. How is Jewett described in “Ten Kliks South”? What is Jewett’s central conflict?

5. How are the characters of Sarah and Jessie described in “War Stories”?

6. How does the theme of exploitation apply to Waguih in “Psychological Operations”?

7. How are the prostitutes from the Vietnam War described in “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

8. What does Rodriguez symbolize in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

9. How does the theme of guilt apply to Boylan in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

10. What conversation takes place between Wilson and Jessie in the end of “War Stories”?

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