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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What river runs through Baghdad?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Thames River.
(c) The Euphrates River.
(d) The Tigris River.

2. What does Jerry Egri say he did back home in Chapter 12?
(a) He was a country musician.
(b) He taught kindergarten.
(c) He was a chef.
(d) He was a banker.

3. The lines of the song that the narrator thinks of as his squad drives into Iraq are “Check out the real situation / Nation war against nation / When did it all begin? / When will it end?” These lyrics are from a song by whom?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Jackie Gleason.
(d) John Lennon.

4. To which of the two main branches of Islam did Saddam Hussein belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 8?
(a) Mawlaw'īyya.
(b) Shiite.
(c) Sunni.
(d) Kurd.

5. Who does Perry say had painted some Iraqi people and scenes using watercolors in Chapter 14?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry says that his mother has been asking if she can send him anything. What does Perry request that his uncle have her send if money isn’t too tight?

2. During the two weeks that the CA unit stays in the Green Zone in Chapter 13, Perry says that “The only work we did for the entire time was unload a truckload of gifts from the Free Will Baptist Church” located where?

3. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?

4. What song by Destiny’s Child does Jonesy begin singing as the unit heads out on their mission as escorts for the Special Ops guys in Chapter 10?

5. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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