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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Iraqi boy in Al-Uhaimir that sets up the soccer game between the American soldiers and the Iraqi children of the village in Chapter 12?
(a) Halima.
(b) Omar.
(c) Lopez.
(d) Corbin.

2. Where does the narrator say Captain Coles had gone on his honeymoon in Chapter 6?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) London.

3. What does the acronym “RPG” refer to in the narrative?
(a) “Radio-Protected Garrison.”
(b) “Retrograde Personnel Garrison.”
(c) “Respected Public Guard.”
(d) “Rocket-Propelled Grenade.”

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?
(a) Chocolate candy.
(b) A pocket watch.
(c) Toy dolls.
(d) A magazine subscription.

5. Jonesy says he was in jail once in his life because he’d been charged with what crime in Chapter 11?
(a) Public intoxication.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Marijuana possession.
(d) Attempted murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the two main branches of Islam did Saddam Hussein belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

2. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?

3. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?

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

5. Where does the insertion unit take a chopper to from the Special Ops camp in Chapter 15?

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