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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) “The Kurds.”
(b) “Saddam’s henchmen.”
(c) “The Afghans.”
(d) “The Khalid death squads.”

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

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

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?
(a) Talib Al-Janabi.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Hamid Faisal Al-Sadah.
(d) Halima Telfah.

5. In Chapter 14, Private Perry and his friends discuss how much they wish they could take their equipment back home with them. What item does Perry say he’d most like to take back?
(a) The night vision equipment.
(b) A Humvee.
(c) The Kevlar protection gear.
(d) One of the Bradley vehicles.

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

7. When does Corporal Marla Kennedy say her birthday is in Chapter 14?
(a) April 11.
(b) June 16.
(c) August 12.
(d) March 11.

8. When Private Perry is preparing to go to a mosque with some chaplains and Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8, he asks several people from his unit what they’d like him to bring back. Corporal Danforth says that he wants what?
(a) A puppy dog.
(b) A woman with three breasts.
(c) A woman wearing a burka.
(d) Fried chicken.

9. 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) “Whores.”
(c) “Slaves.”
(d) “Panderers.”

10. Jonesy says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?
(a) The Iraqi children.
(b) The Iraqi men.
(c) The Kurds.
(d) The Iraqi children.

11. What does the acronym “RPG” refer to in the narrative?
(a) “Retrograde Personnel Garrison.”
(b) “Radio-Protected Garrison.”
(c) “Respected Public Guard.”
(d) “Rocket-Propelled Grenade.”

12. 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) Lieutenant Colonel Petridus.
(b) Sergeant Harris.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Corporal Kennedy.

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

14. While playing poker with the unit in Chapter 12, Corporal Kennedy bluffs and claims she has two pair. What pair does she claim to have?
(a) Tens over sixes.
(b) Jacks over eights.
(c) Kings over sevens.
(d) Queens over tens.

15. 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) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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. 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?

3. Where does Jonesy say that Oprah Winfrey got her name in Chapter 9?

4. 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?

5. Jonesy points out in Chapter 11 that the “Euphrates River looks blue and the Tigris looks” what color?

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