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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?
(a) Corbin.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Lopez.

2. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) ALKN.
(b) DRGE.
(c) LIJS.
(d) AMGG.

3. When did the first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) take place?
(a) 1990-1991.
(b) 1989-1990.
(c) 1991-1993.
(d) 1992-1994.

4. What is the nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Jonesy.
(c) Birdy.
(d) Jackie.

5. Where is Corporal Marla Kennedy from originally?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Dix Hills, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?

3. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?

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

5. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?

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