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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that she saw on television that a white Baptist church where was preparing food and stuff to send to the troops?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Texas.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

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

3. Major Spring Sessions tells the unit in Chapter 1 that their entire detachment is made up of about how many people?
(a) 81.
(b) 30.
(c) 42.
(d) 75.

4. What does Corporal Charlie Jones give as his hometown in Chapter 1?
(a) Dix Hills, New York.
(b) Tampa, Florida.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What regiment is described as the first confirmed casualties in Chapter 4?

2. 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?

3. Who is the baseball player on the Yankees t-shirt that one of the Iraqi children is wearing in Chapter 5?

4. 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”?

5. What phrase used in Chapter 6 refers to the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations?

(see the answer key)

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