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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

2. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Corporal Rios.
(d) Colonel King.

3. The first casualties that the narrator learns of in Chapter 4 are described as having been “hit around someplace called” what?
(a) Al Jazeera.
(b) An Najaf.
(c) Kazimayn.
(d) An Nasiriyah.

4. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that something is finally being done with the buildings on what street?
(a) Kennedy Street.
(b) Park Avenue.
(c) Anderson Street.
(d) Lenox Avenue.

5. It is discussed between the narrator and his team in Chapter 3 the possibility of a battle between the Sunnis and what other sect?
(a) The Kurds.
(b) The Hindus.
(c) The Shiites.
(d) The Mevlevi Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?

3. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?

4. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the field interpreter for the narrator’s team in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?

2. What does Private Perry say of the speeches made by the officers in Chapter 3?

3. What has made Corporal Victor Rios upset in Chapter 7?

4. For how long is the convoy held back due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4? Where do they go once the storm passes?

5. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?

6. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?

7. How is the setting of An Nasiriyah described in Chapter 5? Where is the hospital set up?

8. What mission does Private Perry’s team receive in Chapter 6?

9. Who acts as translator for the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 4? What is discovered once the team arrives in An Nasiriyah?

10. What leads to the death of the Iraqi boy in Chapter 4? How does Private Perry respond?

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