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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Iraqi boy that the CA unit is trying to locate on their mission in Chapter 11?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) Muhammad Kazimayn-Sadah.
(c) Muhammad An Najaf.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

2. 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?
(a) A prism.
(b) An oasis.
(c) A ziggurat.
(d) A charlatan.

3. When did the first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) take place?
(a) 1990-1991.
(b) 1992-1994.
(c) 1989-1990.
(d) 1991-1993.

4. What river runs through Baghdad?
(a) The Euphrates River.
(b) The Nile River.
(c) The Tigris River.
(d) The Thames River.

5. The village that Perry, Jonesy, and their unit go to in Chapter 9 in order to make reparations for civilian deaths in an air raid is called what?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Kazimayn.
(c) Al-Uhaimir.
(d) An Najaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?

2. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?

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

4. What soldier from PSYOP is described in Chapter 12 as “A tall guy, he played poker wearing a cowboy hat and chewing on a skinny cigar that wiggled up and down when he talked”?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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