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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Leetown, West Virginia.

2. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?
(a) Sergeant Harris.
(b) Captain Coles.
(c) Specialist Darcy.
(d) Captain Miller.

3. 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?
(a) Flour bags.
(b) Water bags.
(c) Body bags.
(d) Luggage.

4. The narrator describes watching a film about Saddam Hussein in Chapter 2. What people in the film are described as having been gassed?
(a) The Kurds.
(b) The Sunnis.
(c) The Syrians.
(d) The Shiites.

5. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(c) Dix Hills, New York.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The location that Captain Coles tells the narrator they’re going to after changing directions in Chapter 5 is how far northeast from where they are now?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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