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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Kazimayn.
(b) An Nasiriyah.
(c) An Najaf.
(d) Al-Uhaimir.

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

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

5. 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) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

6. 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) An oasis.
(b) A charlatan.
(c) A prism.
(d) A ziggurat.

7. How old is Captain Coles’s daughter that has been hospitalized in Chapter 12?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

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

9. The captain in the marines that talks to Captain Cole after the unit’s meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14 says that Fallujah is the what capital of the region?
(a) Body-bag capital.
(b) Violence capital.
(c) Sunni capital.
(d) Shiite capital.

10. 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 cigarettes and liquor.
(b) The cookies and candy bars.
(c) The toys and dolls.
(d) The dresses and clothing.

11. After unloading the shipment of gifts from the Free Will Baptist Church in Chapter 13, Perry says that they argued over whether what cured meat is pork or beef?
(a) Salami.
(b) Pepperoni.
(c) Ham.
(d) Pastrami.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What are the names of Corporal Pendleton’s daughters?
(a) Sarah and Sally.
(b) Elizabeth and Marie.
(c) Michelle and Mary.
(d) Kayla and Karen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lieutenant Davis says in Chapter 10, “These people here have been at war for the last twenty or so years. Before they invaded Kuwait they were fighting with” whom?

3. What is the name of the man who meets the CA unit at the hospital after their meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14?

4. 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?

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

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