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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Jonesy describe as a “blues dude” that made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for some guitar licks in Chapter 3?
2. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?
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?
4. What does Corporal Kennedy say the line of green objects on the ground are that can be seen as the squad drives across the Iraqi border in Chapter 4?
5. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has made Corporal Victor Rios upset in Chapter 7?
2. How does Private Perry describe the films that the soldiers watch in Chapter 2?
3. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?
4. How is the role of the Civil Affairs unit described in Chapter 3?
5. What does Private Perry reveal in his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 6?
6. Who brings a television to Private Perry’s tent in Chapter 7? What do the soldiers watch?
7. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?
8. Where is Perry’s Civil Affairs unit stationed in Chapter 6? Who appears at the meeting here?
9. Where is Private Perry’s team put up for the night in the end of Chapter 5? Why does Jonesy come to visit Perry in the night?
10. What characters does Private Perry befriend in Chapter 1? By what nickname is he called?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Detail the hierarchy of leadership within Private Perry’s CA unit and squad. Who oversees the entire CA unit? Where does Private Perry fall in the hierarchy of power? What is Major Session’s role in the unit?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the correlations between the author’s novel, Fallen Angels and Sunrise Over Fallujah. What are common themes in these works? What parallels can you see between the Vietnam and Iraq Wars? How are Uncle Richie and Robin Perry similar? How do they differ?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Saddam Hussein and the history of Iraq’s military operations prior to the Iraq War. What political, cultural, and religious factions can be seen in Iraq at this time? What is Iraq’s history of warfare with neighboring countries like?
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