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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 is being used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Iraqi civilians when the narrator’s squad arrives as backup for the medics in Chapter 5?
(a) A café.
(b) A mosque.
(c) A school.
(d) An ambassador’s house.

2. What phrase used in Chapter 6 refers to the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations?
(a) “Cultural confusion.”
(b) “Haze of fear.”
(c) “Fog of war.”
(d) “Lag of time.”

3. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?
(a) Abu Ghraib.
(b) Al Jazeera.
(c) Kazimayn.
(d) An Nasiriyah.

4. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?
(a) Colonel Smith.
(b) Colonel Miller.
(c) Colonel Opdyke.
(d) Colonel Lopez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?

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

3. The location that Captain Coles tells the narrator they’re going to after changing directions in Chapter 5 is how far northeast from where they are now?

4. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?

5. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. For how long is the convoy held back due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4? Where do they go once the storm passes?

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

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

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

8. What assignments do the team members receive in Chapter 2?

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

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

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