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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?
(a) March 16, 2003.
(b) June 12, 2002.
(c) February 27, 2003.
(d) September 4, 2003.

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

3. In Chapter 2, the narrator states that “There were special detachments created for Medical, Construction, and Intelligence.” The Medical detachment people are said to be led by whom?
(a) Captain Miller.
(b) Sergeant Harris.
(c) Ahmed Sabbat.
(d) Corporal Jones.

4. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) LIJS.
(b) AMGG.
(c) DRGE.
(d) ALKN.

5. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Corporal Rios.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Colonel King.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first casualties that the narrator learns of in Chapter 4 are described as having been “hit around someplace called” what?

3. The first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) was waged by a U.N. coalition force of 34 nations against Iraq in response to what?

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”?

5. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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