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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Jonesy.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Birdy.

2. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Corporal Jones.

3. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?
(a) June 12, 2002.
(b) September 4, 2003.
(c) February 27, 2003.
(d) March 16, 2003.

4. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?
(a) Captain Miller.
(b) Captain Coles.
(c) Sergeant Harris.
(d) Specialist Darcy.

5. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?
(a) “Jumping up.”
(b) “Shooting back.”
(c) “Calling the cops.”
(d) “Diving down.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?

2. What does “ROE cards” refer to in Chapter 3?

3. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?

4. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?

5. Who does Jonesy describe as a “blues dude” that made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for some guitar licks in Chapter 3?

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