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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Burka.
(b) Sari.
(c) Bashuka.
(d) Djellaba.

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is the name of the man who meets the CA unit at the hospital after their meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14?
(a) Hamid Faisal Al-Sadah.
(b) Talib Al-Janabi.
(c) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(d) Halima Telfah.

6. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?
(a) “Improvised Explosive Device.”
(b) “Important Entry Device.”
(c) “Implosive Electronic Device.”
(d) “Imperative Exception Detail.”

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

8. How much money does Private Perry lose in the poker game in Chapter 12?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $10.
(d) $30.

9. How many women are taken from the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

10. What term is used in Chapter 9 to describe “a 400-gallon water carrier that could be hitched onto the back of a truck”?
(a) A Bradley.
(b) A “water buffalo.”
(c) A “Cyclops.”
(d) A Humvee.

11. When the CA unit is informed that they are not to leave the Green Zone in small numbers, Captain Coles goes to find out what happened at Corporal Kennedy’s request in Chapter 13. He returns with news that a marine unit found a bunch of civilians dead where?
(a) In a political hall.
(b) In a mosque.
(c) In a cemetery.
(d) In a garage.

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

13. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry says that his mother has been asking if she can send him anything. What does Perry request that his uncle have her send if money isn’t too tight?
(a) Chocolate candy.
(b) Toy dolls.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A magazine subscription.

14. What idiom does Major Scott use when talking to the sheik to describe cooperation in Chapter 14?
(a) “One hand washes the other.”
(b) “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
(c) “Killing two birds with one stone.”
(d) “We scratch each others’ backs.”

15. 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) “The Kurds.”
(c) “Saddam’s henchmen.”
(d) “The Afghans.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The detonators that are found at the house that is searched by Special Ops in Chapter 10 are located hidden in what?

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

3. 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?

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

5. On what date does Major Sessions tell the hospital administrator that the Iraqi boy they are looking for disappeared in Chapter 11?

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