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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Jenks join the Marine Corps?
(a) At the same time as Wilson.
(b) Six months after Wilson.
(c) A year after Wilson.
(d) A year before Wilson.

2. What is Deetz eating in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Ravioli and Pop-Tarts.
(c) Salisbury steak.
(d) Pizza.

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

4. What is given to the narrator before his deployment in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A locket.
(c) A cigarette case.
(d) A metal cross.

5. How many of the Marines Jenks was with died from the blast that injured him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

6. What word from "Psychological Operations" refers to a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) Displacement.
(c) Communism.
(d) Capitalism.

7. What drug was Jenks given that erases memory after his injury?
(a) Benedrine.
(b) Amoxyl.
(c) Pazil.
(d) Versed.

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

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

10. What medication and hormone is described in "War Stories"?
(a) Paragrine.
(b) Epinephrine.
(c) Axenalpine.
(d) Proazone.

11. Where does the narrator go with his friend after the memorial service in "In Vietnam They Had Whores"?
(a) The Cat's Meow.
(b) The White Horse.
(c) The Pink Pussycat.
(d) The Pink Flamingo.

12. 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?
(a) She'd be forced to marry him.
(b) She'd be beaten or murdered.
(c) She'd be put in jail.
(d) She'd be sent to North Korea.

13. Who loaded the weapon that was used in the attack in "Ten Kliks South"?
(a) Green.
(b) Jobrani.
(c) Kurtz.
(d) The narrator.

14. Where is Waguih from?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Iran.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iraq.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say it's "supposed to feel" to have killed someone in "Ten Kliks South"?

2. What is Vockler's military unit when he is killed?

3. What can the priest see in Rodriguez's face in the beginning of "Prayer in the Furnace"?

4. How many Marines are sitting at the table in the beginning of "Ten Kliks South"?

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

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