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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?
(a) “The Marines.”
(b) “The Navy Seals.”
(c) “Quartermaster.”
(d) “Halfmaster.”

2. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) Dad.
(b) Mom.
(c) Uncle Richie.
(d) Aunt Sarah.

3. Major Spring Sessions tells the unit in Chapter 1 that their entire detachment is made up of about how many people?
(a) 42.
(b) 30.
(c) 75.
(d) 81.

4. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(c) Stormville, New York.
(d) Harlem, New York.

5. 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) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Specialist Darcy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Corporal Marla Kennedy from originally?

4. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?

5. What is the nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?

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