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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first casualties that the narrator learns of in Chapter 4 are described as having been “hit around someplace called” what?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Al Jazeera.
(c) An Najaf.
(d) Kazimayn.

2. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) July.

3. Captain Coles says of the civilians that were found dead in Chapter 13, “From what I gathered the thinking is that they were killed by one of” what?
(a) “The Kurds.”
(b) “The Afghans.”
(c) “The Khalid death squads.”
(d) “Saddam’s henchmen.”

4. When Private Perry is preparing to go to a mosque with some chaplains and Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8, he asks several people from his unit what they’d like him to bring back. Corporal Danforth says that he wants what?
(a) A woman wearing a burka.
(b) A puppy dog.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) A woman with three breasts.

5. What does Corporal Kennedy say the line of green objects on the ground are that can be seen as the squad drives across the Iraqi border in Chapter 4?
(a) Body bags.
(b) Flour bags.
(c) Luggage.
(d) Water bags.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What woman soldier from the 507th is said to have been possibly raped during her capture in Chapter 8?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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