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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?
(a) “Halfmaster.”
(b) “The Navy Seals.”
(c) “Quartermaster.”
(d) “The Marines.”

2. 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.

3. 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?
(a) Robert Johnson.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Berry Blackwater.
(d) Nat King Cole.

4. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) March.

5. What is the name of the song that Jonesy writes about the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) “It’s a Long Way to Yesterday and a Longer Way til Tomorrow.”
(b) “I Hate Your Mother Worse Than I Hate This Sand Blues.”
(c) “I Wanna Sing You a Song Baby That Ain’t the Blues.”
(d) “Yesterday’s Blues and Tomorrow’s Rainbows.”

6. What kind of vehicle is the narrator and his squad traveling in as they enter Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) A Hellcat.
(b) A AMX-13 light tank.
(c) A Humvee.
(d) An Armadillo.

7. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Kazimayn.
(c) An Najaf.
(d) Abu Ghraib.

8. What is the name of the medic that has a bandage over her head when the narrator’s squad arrives at the makeshift hospital in Chapter 5?
(a) Owens.
(b) Smith.
(c) Jameson.
(d) Walker.

9. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?
(a) Dix Hills, New York.
(b) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Harlem, New York.

10. What does “ROE cards” refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Regulations of Entitlement cards.
(b) Rules of Engagement cards.
(c) Restrictions of Employment cards.
(d) Reasons of Employment cards.

11. Robin describes Jonesy as a guy in his unit from where in the letter in the Prologue?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Georgia.

12. For how many days does the sandstorm last in Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

14. Major Spring Sessions tells the unit in Chapter 1 that their entire detachment is made up of about how many people?
(a) 75.
(b) 81.
(c) 30.
(d) 42.

15. What do “MPs” refer to in the narrative?
(a) Masked Persons.
(b) Military Police.
(c) Machine Pumps.
(d) Marked Persons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corporal Charlie Jones give as his hometown in Chapter 1?

2. Harris says that he served on tour where in the first Gulf War in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 3, the narrator says that the troops just heard a lecture from what individual “who was in charge of all Civil Affairs in the area”?

4. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that something is finally being done with the buildings on what street?

5. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?

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