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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 receives a letter in the beginning of Chapter 7 and begins cursing over its contents?
(a) Ahmed Sabbat.
(b) Corporal Kennedy.
(c) Corporal Rios.
(d) Captain Miller.

2. Harris says that he served on tour where in the first Gulf War in Chapter 6?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Qatar.
(c) Iran.
(d) Vietnam.

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

4. Who is described as “one of the intelligence guys” that has lost the use of his camera due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) Captain Miller.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Corporal Rios.

5. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that she saw on television that a white Baptist church where was preparing food and stuff to send to the troops?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What is the main concern of Private Perry and the soldiers as they prepare to enter Iraq in Chapter 3?

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

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

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