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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Corporal Danforth say he’s from when Jonesy interviews him in Chapter 8?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Richmond, Virginia.
(c) San Jose, California.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

2. 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 Rules of Engagement.
(b) The politics of the region.
(c) American sentiment regarding the war.
(d) The weather in Iraq.

3. What does the sheik tell the men from the CA unit to call him in Chapter 14?
(a) Latif.
(b) Faisal.
(c) Hamid.
(d) Muhammad.

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

5. In the beginning of Chapter 10, Sergeant Harris and Jonesy get into an argument because “Sergeant Harris said that in a way most women weren’t much more than” what?
(a) “Dogs.”
(b) “Panderers.”
(c) “Whores.”
(d) “Slaves.”

6. Who do Perry’s friends in the unit save the sandwich for that appears to be tuna salad in Chapter 14?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Corporal Rios.

7. How many women are taken from the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

9. In the soccer game that Jonesy sets up in Chapter 12, who agrees to get Third Squad to play if he can be the goalie?
(a) Corporal Pendleton.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Corporal Rios.

10. What is the name of the Iraqi boy that the CA unit is trying to locate on their mission in Chapter 11?
(a) Muhammad Kazimayn-Sadah.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Halima Telfah.
(d) Muhammad An Najaf.

11. Birdy says in Chapter 11 that they took Ahmed from their unit for the week and “sent him over to where they were setting up a jail or holding pen at” what location?
(a) “An Najaf.”
(b) “An Nasiriyah.”
(c) “Abu Ghraib.”
(d) “The Rusafa district.”

12. 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 Harris.
(b) Chaplain Darcy.
(c) Chaplain Sabbat.
(d) Chaplain Nichols.

13. 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) March 12.
(c) June 12.
(d) July 15.

14. What tribal leader has complained in the beginning of Chapter 14 that the Coalition was not protecting his people and that a number of young men from his area had been killed when they entered Fallujah?
(a) Ahmed Sabbat.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Hamid Faisal Al-Sadah.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

15. What is the name of the Iraqi boy in Al-Uhaimir that sets up the soccer game between the American soldiers and the Iraqi children of the village in Chapter 12?
(a) Corbin.
(b) Lopez.
(c) Omar.
(d) Halima.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 8, “The 3rd and 4th Marines had secured an area in downtown Baghdad they were calling” what?

3. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?

4. Private Perry recalls having been stopped on what New York street and searched by plainclothes police in Chapter 10?

5. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

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