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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) An Nasiriyah.
(c) Major Sessions.
(d) An Najaf.

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

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

4. 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) An Najaf.
(d) Al Jazeera.

5. Word has come down that Major Sessions was passed up for a promotion to what title in Chapter 11?
(a) Sergeant Colonel.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel.

6. To which of the two main branches of Islam did Saddam Hussein belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 8?
(a) Kurd.
(b) Sunni.
(c) Shiite.
(d) Mawlaw'īyya.

7. What woman soldier from the 507th is said to have been possibly raped during her capture in Chapter 8?
(a) Corporal Lynch.
(b) Captain Miller.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Corporal Kennedy.

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

9. When Corporal Rios receives a large package in the beginning of Chapter 9, the return address is from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) California.
(d) Kansas.

10. What soldier from PSYOP is described in Chapter 12 as “A tall guy, he played poker wearing a cowboy hat and chewing on a skinny cigar that wiggled up and down when he talked”?
(a) Corporal Kennedy.
(b) Sergeant Harris.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Petridus.

11. In the soccer game that Jonesy sets up in Chapter 12, who agrees to get Third Squad to play if he can be the goalie?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Corporal Rios.
(c) Corporal Pendleton.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

12. 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) Rutgers High School.
(c) Lane High School.
(d) Wilson High School.

13. When does Corporal Marla Kennedy say her birthday is in Chapter 14?
(a) June 16.
(b) April 11.
(c) March 11.
(d) August 12.

14. The detonators that are found at the house that is searched by Special Ops in Chapter 10 are located hidden in what?
(a) Spices.
(b) Flour.
(c) Children’s dolls.
(d) A water fountain.

15. Where does Jonesy say that Oprah Winfrey got her name in Chapter 9?
(a) From a blues song.
(b) From the Bible.
(c) From a women’s magazine.
(d) From African folklore.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Jonesy says he was in jail once in his life because he’d been charged with what crime in Chapter 11?

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

5. Who initially refuses to give Jonesy any painkillers for his toothache in Chapter 13?

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