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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Abu Ghraib.
(c) An Najaf.
(d) Kazimayn.

2. The narrator describes watching a film about Saddam Hussein in Chapter 2. What people in the film are described as having been gassed?
(a) The Shiites.
(b) The Syrians.
(c) The Sunnis.
(d) The Kurds.

3. Who is described as “one of the intelligence guys” that has lost the use of his camera due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Corporal Rios.
(c) Captain Miller.
(d) Colonel King.

4. Where does Private Perry describe his grandmother going to “drink tea from glasses instead of cups” when she was young in Chapter 9?
(a) The Lower East Side, Manhattan.
(b) The West Village, Manhattan.
(c) The Upper East Side, Manhattan.
(d) The Bronx, New York.

5. Who ends up claiming the monkey that Corporal Rios receives from eBay in Chapter 9?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Corporal Kennedy.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Ahmed Sabbat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first casualties that the narrator learns of in Chapter 4 are described as having been “hit around someplace called” what?

2. In Chapter 2, the narrator states that “There were special detachments created for Medical, Construction, and Intelligence.” The Medical detachment people are said to be led by whom?

3. In the letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7, she relates that what individual at church didn’t believe Perry was in the army because he was too young?

4. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?

5. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that something is finally being done with the buildings on what street?

(see the answer key)

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