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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Stone Mountain, Georgia.

3. Where is Corporal Marla Kennedy from originally?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Tampa, Florida.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Dix Hills, New York.

4. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?
(a) “Important Entry Device.”
(b) “Imperative Exception Detail.”
(c) “Implosive Electronic Device.”
(d) “Improvised Explosive Device.”

5. Private Perry recalls having been stopped on what New York street and searched by plainclothes police in Chapter 10?
(a) 111th Street.
(b) 12th Street.
(c) 136th Street.
(d) Broadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 3rd Infantry Division is generally following what group that enters Iraq first in Chapter 4?

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

3. Robin describes Jonesy as a guy in his unit from where in the letter in the Prologue?

4. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?

5. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?

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