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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 nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Birdy.
(c) Jonesy.
(d) Jackie.

2. What kind of vehicle is the narrator and his squad traveling in as they enter Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) A Hellcat.
(b) A Humvee.
(c) An Armadillo.
(d) A AMX-13 light tank.

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

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”?
(a) Lopez.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Corbin.

5. What is the name of the song that Jonesy writes about the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) “Yesterday’s Blues and Tomorrow’s Rainbows.”
(b) “I Hate Your Mother Worse Than I Hate This Sand Blues.”
(c) “I Wanna Sing You a Song Baby That Ain’t the Blues.”
(d) “It’s a Long Way to Yesterday and a Longer Way til Tomorrow.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?

2. 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?

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

4. What is the name that the narrator says “we called the Special Ops guys who went on secret missions in enemy territory,” in Chapter 2?

5. Who is described as “one of the intelligence guys” that has lost the use of his camera due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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