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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. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?
(a) A ziggurat.
(b) An oasis.
(c) A charlatan.
(d) A prism.

2. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?
(a) The open roads.
(b) The religious beliefs.
(c) The trees.
(d) The weather.

3. What does the sheik tell the men from the CA unit to call him in Chapter 14?
(a) Hamid.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Faisal.
(d) Latif.

4. Jonesy says in Chapter 13, “The only dying that means anything is” what?
(a) “Your own.”
(b) “The dying of those you love.”
(c) “The dying that you see.”
(d) “The dying you’re a part of.”

5. Jonesy says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?
(a) The Iraqi men.
(b) The Kurds.
(c) The Iraqi children.
(d) The Iraqi children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women are taken from the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?

2. When does Corporal Marla Kennedy say her birthday is in Chapter 14?

3. What term from Chapter 14 refers to a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe with long, flexible tubes that draw the smoke through the water contained in a bowl?

4. What is the name of the man who meets the CA unit at the hospital after their meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14?

5. Who does Perry say had painted some Iraqi people and scenes using watercolors in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Perry’s unit go first in order to pursue their mission in Chapter 11? Who acts as translator?

2. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?

3. Where are the First, Second, and Third Squads of the CA unit sent in the end of Chapter 14? How is this setting described by Jonesy?

4. Where is Private Perry invited to go on a tour with Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8?

5. What causes the argument between Jonesy and Sergeant Harris in Chapter 10?

6. Who does Captain Coles introduce to the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 10?

7. What sports game takes place in Chapter 12? What is the purpose of the event?

8. What game does Private Perry play with the Iraqi children in Al-Uhaimir in Chapter 9?

9. Where does Private Perry’s CA unit find success in their mission in Chapter 11?

10. Who makes the discovery of the detonators in Chapter 10? Where are they located?

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