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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios receives in the mail in Chapter 9 is what kind of monkey, according to Captain Miller?
(a) A spider monkey.
(b) A Columbian tamarin.
(c) An African vervet.
(d) A capuchin monkey.

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

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

4. 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) Fallujah.
(c) Hookah.
(d) Pamari.

5. 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.

6. What is the name of the colonel from the 422nd that comes by and says a prayer with the “God Squad” for Pendleton in Chapter 13?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Captain Miller.
(d) Corporal Evans.

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

8. The mosque that Private Perry visits with other CA soldiers in Chapter 8 is located in what area north of Baghdad?
(a) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Kazimayn.
(c) Al Jazeera.
(d) An Najaf.

9. Where did Jerry Egri live before he left for the military?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

10. 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 woman with three breasts.
(c) A woman wearing a burka.
(d) A puppy dog.

11. Private Perry recalls having been stopped on what New York street and searched by plainclothes police in Chapter 10?
(a) 111th Street.
(b) 136th Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) 12th Street.

12. 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) “Whores.”
(b) “Slaves.”
(c) “Dogs.”
(d) “Panderers.”

13. What battalion is described as “the main CA support group attached to the 3rd Infantry” in Chapter 9?
(a) The 322nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(b) The 104th Civil Affairs Battalion.
(c) The 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(d) The 203rd Civil Affairs Battalion.

14. 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?
(a) Selena, California.
(b) Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Martinsburg, West Virginia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Captain Coles comes to inform Perry’s unit after sunset in Chapter 10 that they will be escorting some Intelligence guys to a place in what district before sunrise?

3. Jonesy says in Chapter 13, “The only dying that means anything is” what?

4. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?

5. How many women are taken from the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?

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