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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. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, “For every one of the coalition people that got killed, there were” how many dead Iraqis?
(a) “From five to ten.”
(b) “From twenty to thirty.”
(c) “From ten to twenty.”
(d) “From thirty to fifty.”

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) Rutgers High School.
(b) Wilson High School.
(c) Lane High School.
(d) Jackson High School.

3. 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) The night vision equipment.
(b) A Humvee.
(c) One of the Bradley vehicles.
(d) The Kevlar protection gear.

4. What is the name of the man who meets the CA unit at the hospital after their meeting with the sheik in Chapter 14?
(a) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Talib Al-Janabi.
(d) Hamid Faisal Al-Sadah.

5. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?
(a) A foster home.
(b) A wealthy estate.
(c) A nunnery.
(d) A mental hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. While playing poker with the unit in Chapter 12, Corporal Kennedy bluffs and claims she has two pair. What pair does she claim to have?

2. What is the name of the chaplain that comes over and tells Perry’s unit how proud the folks back home are of them after the soccer game in Chapter 12?

3. What idiom does Major Scott use when talking to the sheik to describe cooperation in Chapter 14?

4. Where does Jonesy say that Oprah Winfrey got her name in Chapter 9?

5. Captain Coles says of the civilians that were found dead in Chapter 13, “From what I gathered the thinking is that they were killed by one of” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Perry’s unit go first in order to pursue their mission in Chapter 11? Who acts as translator?

4. What mission is the CA unit assigned in Chapter 10? Where is the mission located?

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

6. What mission is the CA unit given in Chapter 14? Who will accompany them on the mission?

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

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 Perry contemplate of the complexity of their situation in Iraq in Chapter 13?

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