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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7 is dated when?
(a) June 4, 2003.
(b) May 1, 2003.
(c) September 15, 2003.
(d) March 16, 2004.

2. What does “WMD” refer to in the novel?
(a) “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”
(b) “War of Material Detonation.”
(c) “War of Mind Destruction.”
(d) “Weapons of Marine Detachment.”

3. The 3rd Infantry Division is generally following what group that enters Iraq first in Chapter 4?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Political Brigade.
(d) The Special Ops.

4. 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) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

5. Where does the narrator say Captain Coles had gone on his honeymoon in Chapter 6?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?

2. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?

3. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?

4. After reading the letter from his mother in Chapter 7, Private Perry thinks about how she said he was always what type of individual?

5. It is discussed between the narrator and his team in Chapter 3 the possibility of a battle between the Sunnis and what other sect?

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