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

2. Who is described in Chapter 6 as “Saddam’s fourth or fifth cousin” that “spoke a little English and was between one hundred and two hundred years old”?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.
(d) Captain Coles.

3. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Stormville, New York.
(b) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Harlem, New York.

4. The character who introduces herself as Major Spring Sessions says in the opening of Chapter 1, “Gentlemen, ladies, welcome to” what location?
(a) “Qatar by the Sea.”
(b) “The land of forgiveness.”
(c) “Doha by the Sea.”
(d) “Aloha by the Sea.”

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?
(a) Bivouac.
(b) Yurt.
(c) Igloo.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that Perry’s father still thinks he is how old?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?

3. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?

4. Harris says that he served on tour where in the first Gulf War in Chapter 6?

5. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is related in the letter that comprises the Prologue of the novel?

5. How is the convoy into Iraq described by Private Perry in Chapter 4?

6. How does Private Perry describe the setting and mission they embark on in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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