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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Perry’s team arrives at the bombed school in Chapter 6, the troops that are patrolling the area are from where, according to Captain Coles?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Peru.
(d) Italy.

2. What phrase used in Chapter 6 refers to the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations?
(a) “Haze of fear.”
(b) “Fog of war.”
(c) “Cultural confusion.”
(d) “Lag of time.”

3. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?
(a) 80 years old.
(b) 90 years old.
(c) 75 years old.
(d) 85 years old.

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

5. Who is the baseball player on the Yankees t-shirt that one of the Iraqi children is wearing in Chapter 5?
(a) Bobby Fisher.
(b) Johnny Saint.
(c) Jack Slater.
(d) Derek Jeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jonesy describe as a “blues dude” that made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for some guitar licks in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. What river runs through Baghdad?

(see the answer key)

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