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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. Where does Private Perry describe his grandmother going to “drink tea from glasses instead of cups” when she was young in Chapter 9?
(a) The West Village, Manhattan.
(b) The Bronx, New York.
(c) The Lower East Side, Manhattan.
(d) The Upper East Side, Manhattan.

2. Who does Perry say had painted some Iraqi people and scenes using watercolors in Chapter 14?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

3. What song by Destiny’s Child does Jonesy begin singing as the unit heads out on their mission as escorts for the Special Ops guys in Chapter 10?
(a) “Survivor.”
(b) "Get on the Bus."
(c) "Birthday."
(d) "Illusions."

4. What is the name of the Iraqi boy in Al-Uhaimir that sets up the soccer game between the American soldiers and the Iraqi children of the village in Chapter 12?
(a) Omar.
(b) Lopez.
(c) Halima.
(d) Corbin.

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?
(a) “The Kurds.”
(b) “The Afghans.”
(c) “Saddam’s henchmen.”
(d) “The Khalid death squads.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Corporal Marla Kennedy say her birthday is in Chapter 14?

3. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?

4. Private Perry describes seeing a whole truckload of notebooks and school supplies that arrived for the Iraqi children from where in the U.S. in Chapter 14?

5. What term from Chapter 14 refers to a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe with long, flexible tubes that draw the smoke through the water contained in a bowl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What mission is related to the CA unit from Major Sessions in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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