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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The village that Perry, Jonesy, and their unit go to in Chapter 9 in order to make reparations for civilian deaths in an air raid is called what?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Al-Uhaimir.
(c) Kazimayn.
(d) An Najaf.

2. Who receives a letter in the beginning of Chapter 7 and begins cursing over its contents?
(a) Corporal Kennedy.
(b) Corporal Rios.
(c) Captain Miller.
(d) Ahmed Sabbat.

3. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?
(a) Lopez.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Corbin.
(d) Jackson.

4. 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 charlatan.
(c) A prism.
(d) A ziggurat.

5. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?
(a) Al Jazeera.
(b) An Nasiriyah.
(c) Kazimayn.
(d) Abu Ghraib.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to the stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios received in the mail in Chapter 9?

2. 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?

3. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. The location that Captain Coles tells the narrator they’re going to after changing directions in Chapter 5 is how far northeast from where they are now?

5. The 3rd Infantry Division is generally following what group that enters Iraq first in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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