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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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”?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(d) Colonel King.

3. What does “ROE cards” refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Restrictions of Employment cards.
(b) Rules of Engagement cards.
(c) Regulations of Entitlement cards.
(d) Reasons of Employment cards.

4. 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 Wall of China.
(d) The statue of Jalibah.

5. 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) Luggage.
(b) Flour bags.
(c) Body bags.
(d) Water bags.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?

2. What does “KIA” represent in the narrative?

3. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?

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

5. What is the name of the field interpreter for the narrator’s team in Chapter 2?

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