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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Kurds.
(b) The Iraqi children.
(c) The Iraqi children.
(d) The Iraqi men.

2. In the soccer game that Jonesy sets up in Chapter 12, who agrees to get Third Squad to play if he can be the goalie?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Corporal Rios.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

3. What soldier from PSYOP is described in Chapter 12 as “A tall guy, he played poker wearing a cowboy hat and chewing on a skinny cigar that wiggled up and down when he talked”?
(a) Corporal Kennedy.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Petridus.
(c) Sergeant Harris.
(d) Captain Coles.

4. What is the term used in Chapter 8 to refer to the person who leads prayers in a mosque?
(a) Imam.
(b) Sultan.
(c) Jurist.
(d) Shah.

5. What is the name of the chaplain that comes over and tells Perry’s unit how proud the folks back home are of them after the soccer game in Chapter 12?
(a) Chaplain Darcy.
(b) Chaplain Sabbat.
(c) Chaplain Harris.
(d) Chaplain Nichols.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 8, “The 3rd and 4th Marines had secured an area in downtown Baghdad they were calling” what?

3. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?

4. What kind of vehicle is the narrator and his squad traveling in as they enter Iraq in Chapter 4?

5. The mosque that Private Perry visits with other CA soldiers in Chapter 8 is located in what area north of Baghdad?

(see the answer key)

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