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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the CA unit soldiers offer to Jamil to come with them as a translator at the Republican Hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) A $20 bill of American currency.
(c) 5 American candy bars.
(d) 5 packs of American cigarettes.

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

5. 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) Sunni capital.
(b) Shiite capital.
(c) Body-bag capital.
(d) Violence capital.

6. 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) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

7. Who ends up claiming the monkey that Corporal Rios receives from eBay in Chapter 9?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Corporal Kennedy.
(d) Captain Coles.

8. 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 10.
(b) Highway 4.
(c) Highway 7.
(d) Highway 20.

9. The narrator says in Chapter 8, “The 3rd and 4th Marines had secured an area in downtown Baghdad they were calling” what?
(a) “The Bubble.”
(b) “The White Zone.”
(c) “The Black Zone.”
(d) “The Blue Zone.”

10. 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) An Nasiriyah.
(b) Kazimayn.
(c) An Najaf.
(d) Al-Uhaimir.

11. 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?
(a) The An Nasiriyah district.
(b) The Kazimayn district.
(c) The Al-Uhaimir district.
(d) The Rusafa district.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who speaks English and has invited Captain Miller and the others to tea in Chapter 9?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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