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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. What is Voorstadt eating in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Ravioli and Pop-Tarts.
(b) Spaghetti and hot sauce.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Potato soup.

2. Where is the priest serving in the end of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Camp Dover.
(b) Camp Zima.
(c) Camp Scott.
(d) Camp Lejeune.

3. What word from "War Stories" refers to fragmentation thrown out by an exploding bomb or shell?
(a) Collateral.
(b) Shrapnel.
(c) Shardel.
(d) PRAC.

4. 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.

5. How does Wilson compare Jenks to himself in "War Stories"?
(a) He is kinder than Jenks.
(b) He is the opposite of him.
(c) He is in love with Jenks.
(d) He used to be just like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money per year does the narrator's new job pay in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

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

3. What word from "In Vietnam They Had Whores" refers to an uncomfortably warm environment?

4. How many people do the Marines estimate they killed per gun in "Ten Kliks South"?

5. The priest's former mentor tells him in "Prayer in the Furnace" that it is natural for men to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What symbolism and themes are related through the story “Ten Kliks South”?

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe the statistics of Rodriguez’s battalion in “Prayer in the Furnace”?

7. What symbolism is related in the story “In Vietnam They Had Whores”?

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

9. Describe the narrative style of “In Vietnam They Had Whores.” What is happening in the beginning of the story?

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

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