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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname of the narrator's friend and fellow Marine in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Schnoz.
(b) Dog.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Baby Face.

2. What can the priest see in Rodriguez's face in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?
(a) Grief.
(b) Rage.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Hunger.

3. What award was the citation seeking that the narrator wrote for Boylan's friend in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) The Navy Cross.
(b) The Bronze Star.
(c) The Purple Heart.
(d) The Medal of Honor.

4. What question does the narrator ask Boylan at the end of “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?
(a) Whether he intends to go back for redeployment.
(b) Whether he is happy.
(c) Whether America won the Iraq War.
(d) Whether he is married.

5. Where is the first female that the narrator sees during his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Al Asad.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Dover.
(d) LeJeune.

6. How are the women described at the strip club the narrator goes to in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Very young.
(b) Iraqi.
(c) Very attractive.
(d) Unattractive.

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

8. What does Jenks say his first thought was when he came to after his injury in "War Stories"?
(a) His gun.
(b) His family.
(c) His wife.
(d) His dog.

9. How many surgeries did Jenks undergo during his recovery?
(a) 54.
(b) 10.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

10. Where does the narrator attend a memorial service for his team leader in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) The Camp Tokka chapel.
(b) The Camp Lejeune chapel.
(c) The Camp David chapel.
(d) The Camp Dover chapel.

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

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

13. Who is the team leader that tells the narrator that girls like war heroes in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) Jobrani.
(b) Zima.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) West.

14. How would you describe the narrative style of the stories in Redeployment?
(a) Half are related in first-person and half are related in third-person.
(b) They are all related by the same first-person narrator.
(c) They are all related in first-person from different perspectives.
(d) They are all related from a third-person omniscient narrator.

15. Why was Waguih kicked out of his family home?
(a) For stealing from his father.
(b) For his actions in the war.
(c) For attending college.
(d) For refusing an arranged marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fired the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?

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

3. What award did the deceased friend of Boylan receive posthumously in “Unless it’s a Sucking Chest Wound”?

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

5. In what religion was Waguih raised?

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