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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 Private Perry’s mother?
(a) Martha Perry.
(b) Jackie Perry.
(c) Sarah Perry.
(d) Julie Perry.

2. 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?
(a) An oasis.
(b) A ziggurat.
(c) A charlatan.
(d) A prism.

3. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?
(a) The insertion team.
(b) The flex team.
(c) The fourth team.
(d) The lead team.

4. Who ends up claiming the monkey that Corporal Rios receives from eBay in Chapter 9?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Corporal Kennedy.
(c) Ahmed Sabbat.
(d) Specialist Darcy.

5. What kind of vehicle is the narrator and his squad traveling in as they enter Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) An Armadillo.
(b) A Hellcat.
(c) A AMX-13 light tank.
(d) A Humvee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Iraqi civilians when the narrator’s squad arrives as backup for the medics in Chapter 5?

2. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that she saw on television that a white Baptist church where was preparing food and stuff to send to the troops?

3. What is the name of Edie Law’s oldest daughter, according to the letter from Perry’s mother in Chapter 7?

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

5. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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