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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 does Jonesy describe as a “blues dude” that made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for some guitar licks in Chapter 3?
(a) Robert Johnson.
(b) Berry Blackwater.
(c) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(d) Nat King Cole.

2. 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.

3. 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) Captain Coles.
(c) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.
(d) Ahmed Sabbat.

4. The dozen or soldiers that the narrator is a part of are acting as what team in Chapter 2?
(a) The lead team.
(b) The insertion team.
(c) The fourth team.
(d) The flex team.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date listed on Private Perry’s letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 5?

2. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. It is discussed between the narrator and his team in Chapter 3 the possibility of a battle between the Sunnis and what other sect?

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

5. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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