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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 was the narrator's position during his second deployment to Fallujah in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) He was an adjutant.
(b) He was a mortician.
(c) He was a medic.
(d) He was in military police.

2. What does Rodgriguez ask the priest in their second meeting in "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Whether a person goes to hell for not caring about the war.
(b) Whether a person goes to hell for not stopping a murder.
(c) Whether a person goes to hell for adultery.
(d) Whether a person goes to hell for murdering a civilian.

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

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

5. What medal has Boylan earned in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) A Purple Heart.
(b) A Medal of Honor.
(c) A Navy Cross.
(d) A Bronze Star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez covered in during the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

2. Who loaded the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?

3. How many of the Marines Jenks was with died from the blast that injured him?

4. What word from "Psychological Operations" means a temporary stay?

5. What is Sarah's profession in "War Stories"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Boylan relate of his career in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”? What does the narrator ask Boylan at the end of the story?

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

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

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

8. What does the character of Zara represent in “Psychological Operations”?

9. How would you describe the characters of Wilson and Jenks in “War Stories”?

10. Who is James Vockler and how does his death impact the narrator in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

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