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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Burka.
(b) Bashuka.
(c) Sari.
(d) Djellaba.

2. 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) Captain Coles.
(b) Sergeant Harris.
(c) Corporal Kennedy.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Petridus.

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

4. What is the name of the Iraqi boy in Al-Uhaimir that sets up the soccer game between the American soldiers and the Iraqi children of the village in Chapter 12?
(a) Omar.
(b) Corbin.
(c) Lopez.
(d) Halima.

5. What regiment is described as the first confirmed casualties in Chapter 4?
(a) The 302nd Regiment.
(b) The 104th Regiment.
(c) The 422nd Regiment.
(d) The 507th Regiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

2. What is the name of the song that Jonesy writes about the sandstorm in Chapter 4?

3. How old is Captain Coles’s daughter that has been hospitalized in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Corporal Danforth say he’s from when Jonesy interviews him in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Jonesy say they’re going out again in Chapter 12, which the narrator describes as running “through some of the worst territory for ambushes in Iraq”?

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