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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?
(a) The weather.
(b) The religious beliefs.
(c) The open roads.
(d) The trees.

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?
(a) The statue of Jalibah.
(b) The Wall of China.
(c) The Berlin Wall.
(d) Saddam Hussein’s statue.

3. Jonesy says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?
(a) The Kurds.
(b) The Iraqi children.
(c) The Iraqi men.
(d) The Iraqi children.

4. 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) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.
(d) Halima Telfah.

5. Where does Barbara say their Humvee was when they witnessed the explosion that killed two marines in Chapter 8?
(a) Near An Najaf.
(b) Near An Nasiriyah.
(c) Near Rasheed Airport.
(d) Near Zarah Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Corporal Pendleton’s daughters?

2. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?

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

4. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?

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

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