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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

2. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?
(a) A black widow spider.
(b) A banana spider.
(c) A camel spider.
(d) A wolf spider.

3. 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) Derek Jeter.
(c) Johnny Saint.
(d) Jack Slater.

4. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. For how many days does the sandstorm last in Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corporal Kennedy say the line of green objects on the ground are that can be seen as the squad drives across the Iraqi border in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?

4. 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?

5. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?

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