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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robin describes Jonesy as a guy in his unit from where in the letter in the Prologue?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Arkansas.

2. In Chapter 3, the narrator says that the troops just heard a lecture from what individual “who was in charge of all Civil Affairs in the area”?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Specialist Darcy.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

3. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?
(a) Leetown, West Virginia.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Dix Hills, New York.

4. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

5. The lines of the song that the narrator thinks of as his squad drives into Iraq are “Check out the real situation / Nation war against nation / When did it all begin? / When will it end?” These lyrics are from a song by whom?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Jackie Gleason.
(d) Bob Marley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter in the Prologue, Robin says he is less than a hundred miles from what country’s border?

2. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the driver in the Second Squad in Chapter 2?

4. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?

5. When did the first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) take place?

(see the answer key)

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