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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When learning about the civilian executions in Chapter 13, Private Perry thinks back to a basketball game he’d played against what high school?
(a) Wilson High School.
(b) Lane High School.
(c) Rutgers High School.
(d) Jackson High School.

2. Captain Coles says to Private Perry in Chapter 13 regarding the war, “It teaches you things, though. What it’s taught me is” what?
(a) “That I love my wife and family more than I knew, and a lot more than I ever told them.”
(b) “That I value my life more than I thought I did. And that I wish I were home with my family.”
(c) “That my former regrets are meaningless, and life is worth living in the moment.”
(d) “That I wish I’d followed my father’s advice and quit the military when I had a chance.”

3. 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) Fried chicken.
(b) A puppy dog.
(c) A woman with three breasts.
(d) A woman wearing a burka.

4. 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?
(a) A charlatan.
(b) A ziggurat.
(c) An oasis.
(d) A prism.

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

6. 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?
(a) The Old City area.
(b) The New City area.
(c) The Rusafa district
(d) The An Najaf district.

7. How many men are arrested at the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

8. 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 Khalid death squads.”
(b) “Saddam’s henchmen.”
(c) “The Kurds.”
(d) “The Afghans.”

9. Along with the cured meats, what did the soldiers of the CA unit keep for themselves from the shipment of gifts from the Free Will Baptist Church in Chapter 13?
(a) The cookies and candy bars.
(b) The toys and dolls.
(c) The dresses and clothing.
(d) The cigarettes and liquor.

10. 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 African folklore.
(d) From a blues song.

11. Who discovers the detonators at the home that is searched with the Special Ops unit in Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Captain Coles.
(c) Specialist Darcy.
(d) Corporal Kennedy.

12. What woman soldier from the 507th is said to have been possibly raped during her capture in Chapter 8?
(a) Corporal Lynch.
(b) Corporal Kennedy.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Captain Miller.

13. Where does Barbara say their Humvee was when they witnessed the explosion that killed two marines in Chapter 8?
(a) Near Rasheed Airport.
(b) Near An Najaf.
(c) Near Zarah Square.
(d) Near An Nasiriyah.

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

15. Who does Perry say had painted some Iraqi people and scenes using watercolors in Chapter 14?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to the stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios received in the mail in Chapter 9?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, “For every one of the coalition people that got killed, there were” how many dead Iraqis?

3. What does the sheik tell the men from the CA unit to call him in Chapter 14?

4. To which of the two main branches of Islam did Saddam Hussein belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

5. 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?

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