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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does Private Perry lose in the poker game in Chapter 12?
(a) $50.
(b) $20.
(c) $30.
(d) $10.

3. During the two weeks that the CA unit stays in the Green Zone in Chapter 13, Perry says that “The only work we did for the entire time was unload a truckload of gifts from the Free Will Baptist Church” located where?
(a) Selena, California.
(b) Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
(c) Martinsburg, West Virginia.
(d) Jackson, Mississippi.

4. What is the name of the woman who speaks English and has invited Captain Miller and the others to tea in Chapter 9?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) An Najaf.
(c) An Nasiriyah.
(d) Major Sessions.

5. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) A foster home.
(c) A nunnery.
(d) A wealthy estate.

6. 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) Spices.
(c) Children’s dolls.
(d) Flour.

7. The stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios receives in the mail in Chapter 9 is what kind of monkey, according to Captain Miller?
(a) A spider monkey.
(b) A capuchin monkey.
(c) A Columbian tamarin.
(d) An African vervet.

8. On what date does Major Sessions tell the hospital administrator that the Iraqi boy they are looking for disappeared in Chapter 11?
(a) April 14.
(b) July 15.
(c) March 12.
(d) June 12.

9. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?
(a) The open roads.
(b) The trees.
(c) The weather.
(d) The religious beliefs.

10. Jonesy says he was in jail once in his life because he’d been charged with what crime in Chapter 11?
(a) Breaking and entering.
(b) Public intoxication.
(c) Attempted murder.
(d) Marijuana possession.

11. 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 Rules of Engagement.
(c) The weather in Iraq.
(d) American sentiment regarding the war.

12. What term is used in Chapter 9 to describe “a 400-gallon water carrier that could be hitched onto the back of a truck”?
(a) A Humvee.
(b) A “water buffalo.”
(c) A Bradley.
(d) A “Cyclops.”

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

14. Major Sessions tells the CA unit about their next mission in the beginning of Chapter 11. Their mission is to help an Iraqi woman locate her lost son. How old is the boy?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up claiming the monkey that Corporal Rios receives from eBay in Chapter 9?

2. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?

3. 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?

4. Private Perry describes seeing a whole truckload of notebooks and school supplies that arrived for the Iraqi children from where in the U.S. in Chapter 14?

5. Captain Coles says to Private Perry in Chapter 13 regarding the war, “It teaches you things, though. What it’s taught me is” what?

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