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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 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?
(a) Luggage.
(b) Body bags.
(c) Flour bags.
(d) Water bags.

2. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) ALKN.
(b) LIJS.
(c) AMGG.
(d) DRGE.

3. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?
(a) February 27, 2003.
(b) June 12, 2002.
(c) March 16, 2003.
(d) September 4, 2003.

4. Where is Corporal Marla Kennedy from originally?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Tampa, Florida.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Dix Hills, New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?

2. Who is the driver in the Second Squad in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the medic that has a bandage over her head when the narrator’s squad arrives at the makeshift hospital in Chapter 5?

4. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?

5. The 3rd Infantry Division is generally following what group that enters Iraq first in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has made Corporal Victor Rios upset in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?

6. What does Private Perry say of the speeches made by the officers in Chapter 3?

7. What does Private Perry question after reading his mother’s letter in Chapter 7?

8. What does Private Perry reveal in his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 6?

9. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?

10. What mission does Private Perry’s team receive in Chapter 6?

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