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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7, she relates that what individual at church didn’t believe Perry was in the army because he was too young?
(a) Sister Watkins.
(b) Sister Ross.
(c) Sister Jenkins.
(d) Sister Anderson.

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

3. What regiment is described as the first confirmed casualties in Chapter 4?
(a) The 507th Regiment.
(b) The 422nd Regiment.
(c) The 104th Regiment.
(d) The 302nd Regiment.

4. What is the name of the field interpreter for the narrator’s team in Chapter 2?
(a) Ahmed Sabbat.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

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

6. 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.”

7. Who is the baseball player on the Yankees t-shirt that one of the Iraqi children is wearing in Chapter 5?
(a) Bobby Fisher.
(b) Derek Jeter.
(c) Jack Slater.
(d) Johnny Saint.

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

9. What is the date listed on Private Perry’s letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 5?
(a) September 16, 2003.
(b) May 12, 2003.
(c) March 25, 2003.
(d) March 30, 2002.

10. After reading the letter from his mother in Chapter 7, Private Perry thinks about how she said he was always what type of individual?
(a) Driven.
(b) Sickly.
(c) Brave.
(d) Ambitious.

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

12. 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 Kurds.
(b) The Hindus.
(c) The Mevlevi Order.
(d) The Shiites.

13. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?
(a) Colonel Miller.
(b) Colonel Lopez.
(c) Colonel Opdyke.
(d) Colonel Smith.

14. What does “MRE” stand for in the narrative?
(a) “Missing Relay Edict.”
(b) “Meal, Read-to-Eat.”
(c) “Metal Restrictor Envoy.”
(d) “Missing Recon Eviction.”

15. When Captain Coles tells the narrator that they’re changing direction in Chapter 5, he explains, “The 204th Medical called asking for some help south of” what location?
(a) “Al Jazeera.”
(b) “Kazimayn.”
(c) “An Najaf.”
(d) “An Nasiriyah.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

2. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that she saw on television that a white Baptist church where was preparing food and stuff to send to the troops?

3. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?

4. Who receives a letter in the beginning of Chapter 7 and begins cursing over its contents?

5. 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”?

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