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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What term from Chapter 14 refers to a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe with long, flexible tubes that draw the smoke through the water contained in a bowl?
(a) Cygnet.
(b) Pamari.
(c) Fallujah.
(d) Hookah.

4. Where does Jonesy say they’re going out again in Chapter 12, which the narrator describes as running “through some of the worst territory for ambushes in Iraq”?
(a) Highway 20.
(b) Highway 4.
(c) Highway 7.
(d) Highway 10.

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

6. 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) A Humvee.
(b) The night vision equipment.
(c) The Kevlar protection gear.
(d) One of the Bradley vehicles.

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

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

9. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, “For every one of the coalition people that got killed, there were” how many dead Iraqis?
(a) “From thirty to fifty.”
(b) “From twenty to thirty.”
(c) “From five to ten.”
(d) “From ten to twenty.”

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

11. Who initially refuses to give Jonesy any painkillers for his toothache in Chapter 13?
(a) Captain Miller.
(b) Corporal Evans.
(c) Corporal Kennedy.
(d) Private Perry.

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

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

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

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) Omar.
(b) Lopez.
(c) Halima.
(d) Corbin.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Barbara say their Humvee was when they witnessed the explosion that killed two marines in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the Iraqi boy that the CA unit is trying to locate on their mission in Chapter 11?

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

5. Jonesy says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?

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