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

2. What does “WMD” refer to in the novel?
(a) “Weapons of Marine Detachment.”
(b) “War of Mind Destruction.”
(c) “War of Material Detonation.”
(d) “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

3. What do “MPs” refer to in the narrative?
(a) Military Police.
(b) Marked Persons.
(c) Masked Persons.
(d) Machine Pumps.

4. In the letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7, she relates that what individual at church didn’t believe Perry was in the army because he was too young?
(a) Sister Ross.
(b) Sister Jenkins.
(c) Sister Watkins.
(d) Sister Anderson.

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”?
(a) Colonel King.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Specialist Darcy.
(d) Corporal Rios.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the nickname that Corporal Kennedy calls Private Perry in the novel?

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

4. Where does the narrator say Captain Coles had gone on his honeymoon in Chapter 6?

5. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who comprises the Second Squad in Chapter 2? Who is on the Third Squad?

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