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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?
(a) The Tigris River.
(b) The Euphrates River.
(c) The Mississippi River.
(d) The Nile River.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?
(a) Saddam Hussein’s statue.
(b) The Berlin Wall.
(c) The statue of Jalibah.
(d) The Wall of China.

4. What river runs through Baghdad?
(a) The Tigris River.
(b) The Nile River.
(c) The Euphrates River.
(d) The Thames River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?

2. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

4. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?

5. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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