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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerry Egri say he did back home in Chapter 12?
(a) He was a country musician.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He taught kindergarten.
(d) He was a chef.

2. What soldier from PSYOP is described in Chapter 12 as “A tall guy, he played poker wearing a cowboy hat and chewing on a skinny cigar that wiggled up and down when he talked”?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Petridus.
(c) Sergeant Harris.
(d) Corporal Kennedy.

3. What is the name of the chaplain that comes over and tells Perry’s unit how proud the folks back home are of them after the soccer game in Chapter 12?
(a) Chaplain Nichols.
(b) Chaplain Darcy.
(c) Chaplain Sabbat.
(d) Chaplain Harris.

4. What is the name of the Special Ops guy who arrives for escort with Lieutenant Davis in Chapter 10?
(a) Corporal Lawler.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

5. Perry’s unit gets word in Chapter 13 that no one is to leave the Green Zone in groups of less than how many each?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

6. Where does Jonesy say that Oprah Winfrey got her name in Chapter 9?
(a) From the Bible.
(b) From a blues song.
(c) From African folklore.
(d) From a women’s magazine.

7. What magazine does Private Perry take out a subscription to in Chapter 13?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Source.
(c) GQ Magazine.
(d) Oprah Magazine.

8. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry writes that what keep changing and can even change in the middle of the day?
(a) The politics of the region.
(b) The weather in Iraq.
(c) American sentiment regarding the war.
(d) The Rules of Engagement.

9. Word has come down that Major Sessions was passed up for a promotion to what title in Chapter 11?
(a) Sergeant Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

10. Captain Coles says of the civilians that were found dead in Chapter 13, “From what I gathered the thinking is that they were killed by one of” what?
(a) “The Kurds.”
(b) “The Afghans.”
(c) “Saddam’s henchmen.”
(d) “The Khalid death squads.”

11. Where did Jerry Egri live before he left for the military?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

12. Jonesy points out in Chapter 11 that the “Euphrates River looks blue and the Tigris looks” what color?
(a) “Green.”
(b) “Clear.”
(c) “Brown.”
(d) “Black.”

13. Where does Private Perry describe his grandmother going to “drink tea from glasses instead of cups” when she was young in Chapter 9?
(a) The Lower East Side, Manhattan.
(b) The Upper East Side, Manhattan.
(c) The West Village, Manhattan.
(d) The Bronx, New York.

14. What battalion is described as “the main CA support group attached to the 3rd Infantry” in Chapter 9?
(a) The 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(b) The 203rd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(c) The 104th Civil Affairs Battalion.
(d) The 322nd Civil Affairs Battalion.

15. The detonators that are found at the house that is searched by Special Ops in Chapter 10 are located hidden in what?
(a) A water fountain.
(b) Flour.
(c) Children’s dolls.
(d) Spices.

Short Answer Questions

1. The village that Perry, Jonesy, and their unit go to in Chapter 9 in order to make reparations for civilian deaths in an air raid is called what?

2. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?

3. What song by Destiny’s Child does Jonesy begin singing as the unit heads out on their mission as escorts for the Special Ops guys in Chapter 10?

4. What is the name of the man who meets the CA unit at the hospital after their meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14?

5. The Special Ops guys that Perry’s unit is escorting in Chapter 10 say that they got some information from the confession box that there’s an IED factory located where?

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