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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. How much money does Private Perry lose in the poker game in Chapter 12?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $30.
(d) $50.

2. When learning about the civilian executions in Chapter 13, Private Perry thinks back to a basketball game he’d played against what high school?
(a) Jackson High School.
(b) Lane High School.
(c) Wilson High School.
(d) Rutgers High School.

3. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?
(a) A prism.
(b) A charlatan.
(c) A ziggurat.
(d) An oasis.

4. What does the sheik tell the men from the CA unit to call him in Chapter 14?
(a) Faisal.
(b) Latif.
(c) Hamid.
(d) Muhammad.

5. The detonators that are found at the house that is searched by Special Ops in Chapter 10 are located hidden in what?
(a) Spices.
(b) Flour.
(c) Children’s dolls.
(d) A water fountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mosque that Private Perry visits with other CA soldiers in Chapter 8 is located in what area north of Baghdad?

2. Captain Coles comes to inform Perry’s unit after sunset in Chapter 10 that they will be escorting some Intelligence guys to a place in what district before sunrise?

3. How old is Captain Coles’s daughter that has been hospitalized in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 14, Private Perry and his friends discuss how much they wish they could take their equipment back home with them. What item does Jonesy say he would most want to take back with him to the States?

5. Jonesy says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Private Perry come to rescue Captain Miller in Chapter 14?

2. Who informs the CA unit that they are to remain in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?

3. Who makes the discovery of the detonators in Chapter 10? Where are they located?

4. How is the setting of the meeting site described in Chapter 14? Who leads the discussion with the sheikh?

5. What event takes place as Perry’s convoy is backed up in a line of vehicles in Chapter 12?

6. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?

7. What game does Private Perry play with the Iraqi children in Al-Uhaimir in Chapter 9?

8. Where does Private Perry’s CA unit find success in their mission in Chapter 11?

9. What does Corporal Rios find when he opens the package from eBay in Chapter 9?

10. What causes the argument between Jonesy and Sergeant Harris in Chapter 10?

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