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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as “one of the intelligence guys” that has lost the use of his camera due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) Corporal Rios.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Captain Miller.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

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

3. What phrase used in Chapter 6 refers to the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations?
(a) “Haze of fear.”
(b) “Lag of time.”
(c) “Cultural confusion.”
(d) “Fog of war.”

4. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?
(a) Corporal Rios.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Halima Telfah.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

5. The detonators that are found at the house that is searched by Special Ops in Chapter 10 are located hidden in what?
(a) Flour.
(b) Children’s dolls.
(c) Spices.
(d) A water fountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Jones’s name during the roll call that traditionally takes place during a soldier’s funeral in Chapter 15?

2. What is the nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?

3. The lines of the song that the narrator thinks of as his squad drives into Iraq are “Check out the real situation / Nation war against nation / When did it all begin? / When will it end?” These lyrics are from a song by whom?

4. The location that Captain Coles tells the narrator they’re going to after changing directions in Chapter 5 is how far northeast from where they are now?

5. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?

(see the answer key)

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