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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women are taken from the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. 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.

3. 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?
(a) The politics of the region.
(b) American sentiment regarding the war.
(c) The weather in Iraq.
(d) The Rules of Engagement.

4. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Corporal Rios.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

5. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) CNN.
(b) NBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) FOX.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?

2. How old is Captain Coles’s daughter that has been hospitalized in Chapter 12?

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

4. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?

5. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?

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