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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the field interpreter for the narrator’s team in Chapter 2?
(a) Ahmed Sabbat.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Halima Telfah.

2. Who is described in Chapter 6 as “Saddam’s fourth or fifth cousin” that “spoke a little English and was between one hundred and two hundred years old”?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Ahmed Sabbat.
(d) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.

3. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) Uncle Richie.
(b) Mom.
(c) Aunt Sarah.
(d) Dad.

4. 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?
(a) Nat King Cole.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Berry Blackwater.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

5. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Stormville, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?

2. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?

3. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?

4. 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”?

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

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