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Sunrise Over Fallujah Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What health condition does Private Perry mention his father has and is not watching in Chapter 7?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Stomach ulcers.
(d) A heart murmur.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Bivouac.
(c) Yurt.
(d) Igloo.

3. It is discussed between the narrator and his team in Chapter 3 the possibility of a battle between the Sunnis and what other sect?
(a) The Shiites.
(b) The Hindus.
(c) The Kurds.
(d) The Mevlevi Order.

4. The first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) was waged by a U.N. coalition force of 34 nations against Iraq in response to what?
(a) The 9/11 attacks.
(b) Iraq’s invasion of Iran.
(c) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
(d) Iraq’s invasion of Libya.

5. What does Corporal Kennedy say the line of green objects on the ground are that can be seen as the squad drives across the Iraqi border in Chapter 4?
(a) Luggage.
(b) Body bags.
(c) Flour bags.
(d) Water bags.

6. 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?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Jackie Gleason.
(d) Bob Marley.

7. What does “WMD” refer to in the novel?
(a) “War of Mind Destruction.”
(b) “War of Material Detonation.”
(c) “Weapons of Marine Detachment.”
(d) “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

8. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A church.
(b) A Humvee.
(c) Port-O-Potties.
(d) A school.

9. What is being used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Iraqi civilians when the narrator’s squad arrives as backup for the medics in Chapter 5?
(a) An ambassador’s house.
(b) A school.
(c) A café.
(d) A mosque.

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

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

12. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?
(a) A Canyoneer.
(b) A Humvee.
(c) A Water Buffalo.
(d) A Bradley.

13. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?
(a) March 16, 2003.
(b) February 27, 2003.
(c) September 4, 2003.
(d) June 12, 2002.

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

15. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?
(a) 90 years old.
(b) 80 years old.
(c) 75 years old.
(d) 85 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) take place?

2. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?

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