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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the medic that has a bandage over her head when the narrator’s squad arrives at the makeshift hospital in Chapter 5?
(a) Jameson.
(b) Owens.
(c) Smith.
(d) Walker.

2. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) An Najaf.
(c) Abu Ghraib.
(d) Kazimayn.

3. Who is the baseball player on the Yankees t-shirt that one of the Iraqi children is wearing in Chapter 5?
(a) Jack Slater.
(b) Derek Jeter.
(c) Bobby Fisher.
(d) Johnny Saint.

4. What term is used in Chapter 9 to describe “a 400-gallon water carrier that could be hitched onto the back of a truck”?
(a) A Humvee.
(b) A Bradley.
(c) A “Cyclops.”
(d) A “water buffalo.”

5. Who is the driver in the Second Squad in Chapter 2?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Sergeant Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the woman who speaks English and has invited Captain Miller and the others to tea in Chapter 9?

3. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?

4. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?

5. 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?

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