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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) CBS.
(b) CNN.
(c) FOX.
(d) NBC.

2. Captain Coles says to Private Perry in Chapter 13 regarding the war, “It teaches you things, though. What it’s taught me is” what?
(a) “That I love my wife and family more than I knew, and a lot more than I ever told them.”
(b) “That my former regrets are meaningless, and life is worth living in the moment.”
(c) “That I value my life more than I thought I did. And that I wish I were home with my family.”
(d) “That I wish I’d followed my father’s advice and quit the military when I had a chance.”

3. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Djellaba.
(b) Burka.
(c) Sari.
(d) Bashuka.

4. Jonesy was killed when he was trying to do what during the exchange with the Iraqis at the end of the novel?
(a) Protect a child.
(b) Escape from prison.
(c) Bomb a building.
(d) Shoot a stray dog.

5. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?
(a) Kazimayn.
(b) Al Jazeera.
(c) An Nasiriyah.
(d) Abu Ghraib.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?

2. Where did Jerry Egri live before he left for the military?

3. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?

4. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry says that his mother has been asking if she can send him anything. What does Perry request that his uncle have her send if money isn’t too tight?

5. After Jonesy’s funeral, Perry says in Chapter 15 that they all have received new assignments. “All the specialists, the construction people and the plumbers and the electricians from our flying squad, were reassigned to” what unit?

(see the answer key)

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