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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) take place?
(a) 1991-1993.
(b) 1990-1991.
(c) 1992-1994.
(d) 1989-1990.

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

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) 81.
(c) 30.
(d) 75.

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

5. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?
(a) Corporal Jones.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Colonel King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?

2. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

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

4. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?

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

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