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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?
(a) Slaughterhouse-Five.
(b) The Naked and the Dead.
(c) Catch-22.
(d) A Farewell to Arms.

2. 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) One of the Bradley vehicles.
(d) The Kevlar protection gear.

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

4. 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) Jackson High School.
(b) Wilson High School.
(c) Rutgers High School.
(d) Lane High School.

5. 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) “Panderers.”
(c) “Slaves.”
(d) “Dogs.”

6. Where does Private Perry describe his grandmother going to “drink tea from glasses instead of cups” when she was young in Chapter 9?
(a) The Upper East Side, Manhattan.
(b) The Lower East Side, Manhattan.
(c) The Bronx, New York.
(d) The West Village, Manhattan.

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

8. 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 Jonesy say he would most want to take back with him to the States?
(a) An M-16.
(b) The Kevlar protection gear.
(c) One of the Bradley vehicles.
(d) An AK-47.

9. Perry’s unit gets word in Chapter 13 that no one is to leave the Green Zone in groups of less than how many each?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

13. 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 cigarettes and liquor.
(c) The toys and dolls.
(d) The cookies and candy bars.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

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