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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Lopez.
(c) Halima.
(d) Corbin.

3. What does “ROE cards” refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Regulations of Entitlement cards.
(b) Restrictions of Employment cards.
(c) Rules of Engagement cards.
(d) Reasons of Employment cards.

4. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Tigris River.
(d) The Euphrates River.

5. 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 Najaf.
(b) Al-Uhaimir.
(c) Kazimayn.
(d) An Nasiriyah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?

2. What is the term used in Chapter 8 to refer to the person who leads prayers in a mosque?

3. The mosque that Private Perry visits with other CA soldiers in Chapter 8 is located in what area north of Baghdad?

4. Who initially refuses to give Jonesy any painkillers for his toothache in Chapter 13?

5. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry writes that what keep changing and can even change in the middle of the day?

(see the answer key)

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