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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?
(a) A wolf spider.
(b) A banana spider.
(c) A camel spider.
(d) A black widow spider.

2. What regiment is described as the first confirmed casualties in Chapter 4?
(a) The 302nd Regiment.
(b) The 104th Regiment.
(c) The 507th Regiment.
(d) The 422nd Regiment.

3. The letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7 is dated when?
(a) March 16, 2004.
(b) September 15, 2003.
(c) May 1, 2003.
(d) June 4, 2003.

4. What is the name that the narrator says “we called the Special Ops guys who went on secret missions in enemy territory,” in Chapter 2?
(a) “The Jackknives.”
(b) “The Hoodlums.”
(c) “The Posse.”
(d) “The Clowns.”

5. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?
(a) The fourth team.
(b) The insertion team.
(c) The flex team.
(d) The lead team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corporal Kennedy say the line of green objects on the ground are that can be seen as the squad drives across the Iraqi border in Chapter 4?

2. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?

3. What river runs through Baghdad?

4. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Private Perry’s team put up for the night in the end of Chapter 5? Why does Jonesy come to visit Perry in the night?

2. Where is Perry’s Civil Affairs unit stationed in Chapter 6? Who appears at the meeting here?

3. Who comprises the Second Squad in Chapter 2? Who is on the Third Squad?

4. How is the role of the Civil Affairs unit described in Chapter 3?

5. Who brings a television to Private Perry’s tent in Chapter 7? What do the soldiers watch?

6. What leads to the death of the Iraqi boy in Chapter 4? How does Private Perry respond?

7. Who is the narrator of the main narrative in the novel? Where has this character arrived in the beginning of Chapter 1?

8. What does Private Perry receive at mail call in Chapter 7?

9. What mission does Private Perry’s team receive in Chapter 5? What does Private Perry learn during this mission?

10. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?

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