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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Perry’s team arrives at the bombed school in Chapter 6, the troops that are patrolling the area are from where, according to Captain Coles?
(a) Peru.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) France.

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

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

4. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?
(a) “An Numaniyah Airport.”
(b) “Erbil International Airport.”
(c) “Bashur Airport.”
(d) “Rasheed Airport.”

5. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?
(a) The Tigris River.
(b) The Euphrates River.
(c) The Nile River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

6. 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 Ross.
(b) Sister Watkins.
(c) Sister Jenkins.
(d) Sister Anderson.

7. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that something is finally being done with the buildings on what street?
(a) Kennedy Street.
(b) Park Avenue.
(c) Anderson Street.
(d) Lenox Avenue.

8. 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) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Captain Miller.
(d) Corporal Rios.

9. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?
(a) 22.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

10. The character who introduces herself as Major Spring Sessions says in the opening of Chapter 1, “Gentlemen, ladies, welcome to” what location?
(a) “Doha by the Sea.”
(b) “Aloha by the Sea.”
(c) “The land of forgiveness.”
(d) “Qatar by the Sea.”

11. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?
(a) The statue of Jalibah.
(b) The Berlin Wall.
(c) The Wall of China.
(d) Saddam Hussein’s statue.

12. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Corporal Jones.
(d) Ahmed Sabbat.

13. 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?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

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

15. 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.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?

2. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of 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. What does “WMD” refer to in the novel?

5. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?

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