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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. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?
(a) Corporal Rios.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Specialist Darcy.

2. What health condition does Private Perry mention his father has and is not watching in Chapter 7?
(a) Stomach ulcers.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) A heart murmur.

3. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?
(a) Captain Miller, Private Perry, and Corporal Kennedy.
(b) Sergeant Harris, Corporal Evans, and Specialist Darcy.
(c) Captain Coles, Lieutenant Nelson, and Captain Miller.
(d) Colonel King, Specialist Darcy, and Captain Miller.

4. What does “ROE cards” refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Regulations of Entitlement cards.
(b) Reasons of Employment cards.
(c) Restrictions of Employment cards.
(d) Rules of Engagement cards.

5. 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?
(a) Walker.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Owens.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading the letter from his mother in Chapter 7, Private Perry thinks about how she said he was always what type of individual?

2. The first casualties that the narrator learns of in Chapter 4 are described as having been “hit around someplace called” what?

3. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?

4. The character who introduces herself as Major Spring Sessions says in the opening of Chapter 1, “Gentlemen, ladies, welcome to” what location?

5. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Private Perry describe the films that the soldiers watch in Chapter 2?

2. How is the setting of An Nasiriyah described in Chapter 5? Where is the hospital set up?

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

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

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

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

7. What characters does Private Perry befriend in Chapter 1? By what nickname is he called?

8. Who acts as translator for the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 4? What is discovered once the team arrives in An Nasiriyah?

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

10. What does Private Perry relate to his Uncle Richie via letter in Chapter 5?

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