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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the interpreter studying in Chapter 1 when the war came?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

2. In Chapter 1, how many days did Bartle and Murph crawl along the rooftop grit?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 5, what was the name of the bridge that Bartle and his mother crossed on their way home from the airport?
(a) World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(b) The James River Bridge.
(c) George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge.
(d) Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

4. In Chapter 2, what type of vehicle does Bartle say that Mrs. Murphy drives?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Subaru.
(c) Ford.
(d) Jeep.

5. What did Bartle get free on the plane to Richmond in Chapter 5?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) 3 whiskeys.
(c) 4 Jacks and Cokes.
(d) 4 beers.

6. Who was driving a car in Chapter 1, whose occupants were killed by Sterling and the other soldiers?
(a) Old man and a child.
(b) Old man and woman.
(c) Old woman and a child.
(d) 3 men.

7. In Chapter 2, how many men were in the room in the battalion barracks including Murph and Bartle?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

8. In Chapter 2, what does Bartle say was Sterling's rank when they met?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Staff Sergeant.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Specialist.

9. What is the date in Chapter 5?
(a) April 2005.
(b) June 2005.
(c) May 2005.
(d) March 2005.

10. What did Sterling find at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Body.
(c) Booby trap.
(d) Fruit.

11. What color were Murph's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

12. What color hair did the colonel have who came to give Bartle and the others orders?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

13. In Chapter 2, what year does Bartle say is the vehicle that Mrs. Murphy drives?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1987.

14. In Chapter 4, how many hours did Bartle and his platoon sleep?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

15. In Chapter 3, what town did Bartle go to in a taxi cab?
(a) Stelzenberg.
(b) Mehlingen.
(c) Kaiserslautern.
(d) Mackenbach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is Mrs. Murphy's job?

2. In Chapter 4, what was the name of Murph's girlfriend?

3. In Chapter 2, what was served at a party for families before Bartle, Murphy, and the others shipped out to Iraq?

4. In Chapter 5, what did Bartle hear that seemed like it was coming straight for his bed?

5. In Chapter 3, how far did Bartle have to walk from the base until he reached the first row of buildings in the town?

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