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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 shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?
(a) Captain Miller.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Captain Coles.
(d) Sergeant Harris.

2. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?
(a) “Diving down.”
(b) “Jumping up.”
(c) “Calling the cops.”
(d) “Shooting back.”

3. Who is the driver in the First Squad in Chapter 2?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Corporal Jones.

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

5. In Chapter 3, the narrator says that the troops just heard a lecture from what individual “who was in charge of all Civil Affairs in the area”?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7 is dated when?

2. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?

4. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?

5. What does “WMD” refer to in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?

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

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

6. How does Private Perry describe the setting and mission they embark on in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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