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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. Perry’s unit gets word in Chapter 13 that no one is to leave the Green Zone in groups of less than how many each?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

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

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 charlatan.
(b) An oasis.
(c) A ziggurat.
(d) A prism.

4. In his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 11, Private Perry says that his mother has been asking if she can send him anything. What does Perry request that his uncle have her send if money isn’t too tight?
(a) Chocolate candy.
(b) A magazine subscription.
(c) Toy dolls.
(d) A pocket watch.

5. Where does Jonesy say they’re going out again in Chapter 12, which the narrator describes as running “through some of the worst territory for ambushes in Iraq”?
(a) Highway 7.
(b) Highway 10.
(c) Highway 4.
(d) Highway 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lieutenant Davis says in Chapter 10, “These people here have been at war for the last twenty or so years. Before they invaded Kuwait they were fighting with” whom?

2. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?

3. Who discovers the detonators at the home that is searched with the Special Ops unit in Chapter 10?

4. Who do Perry’s friends in the unit save the sandwich for that appears to be tuna salad in Chapter 14?

5. Where does Private Perry describe his grandmother going to “drink tea from glasses instead of cups” when she was young in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Perry contemplate of the complexity of their situation in Iraq in Chapter 13?

2. What does Jonesy say he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

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

4. Where is Private Perry invited to go on a tour with Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8?

5. Who does Captain Coles introduce to the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 10?

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

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

8. Where does Jonesy tell Private Perry the team is setting out at night in Chapter 12?

9. How is the setting where Private Perry goes on tour with Corporal Kennedy described in Chapter 8?

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

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