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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. What battalion is described as “the main CA support group attached to the 3rd Infantry” in Chapter 9?
(a) The 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(b) The 322nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(c) The 104th Civil Affairs Battalion.
(d) The 203rd Civil Affairs Battalion.

2. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?
(a) “Improvised Explosive Device.”
(b) “Important Entry Device.”
(c) “Implosive Electronic Device.”
(d) “Imperative Exception Detail.”

3. What is the term used in Chapter 8 to refer to the person who leads prayers in a mosque?
(a) Jurist.
(b) Sultan.
(c) Imam.
(d) Shah.

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 Perry say he’d most like to take back?
(a) A Humvee.
(b) The Kevlar protection gear.
(c) One of the Bradley vehicles.
(d) The night vision equipment.

5. Private Perry recalls having been stopped on what New York street and searched by plainclothes police in Chapter 10?
(a) 111th Street.
(b) 12th Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) 136th Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Corporal Danforth say he’s from when Jonesy interviews him in Chapter 8?

2. After unloading the shipment of gifts from the Free Will Baptist Church in Chapter 13, Perry says that they argued over whether what cured meat is pork or beef?

3. Jonesy says he was in jail once in his life because he’d been charged with what crime in Chapter 11?

4. What do the CA unit soldiers offer to Jamil to come with them as a translator at the Republican Hospital in Chapter 11?

5. What is the first of the things that Jonesy says he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

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. What sports game takes place in Chapter 12? What is the purpose of the event?

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

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

7. How is the character of Jerry Egri described in Chapter 12?

8. Where are the First, Second, and Third Squads of the CA unit sent in the end of Chapter 14? How is this setting described by Jonesy?

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

10. What does the CA unit do during their time in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?

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