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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 does the acronym “RPG” refer to in the narrative?
(a) “Respected Public Guard.”
(b) “Retrograde Personnel Garrison.”
(c) “Radio-Protected Garrison.”
(d) “Rocket-Propelled Grenade.”

2. 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?
(a) “Turkey.”
(b) “Israel.”
(c) “Iran.”
(d) “Lebanon.”

3. 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 Lower East Side, Manhattan.
(b) The Upper East Side, Manhattan.
(c) The West Village, Manhattan.
(d) The Bronx, New York.

4. Word has come down that Major Sessions was passed up for a promotion to what title in Chapter 11?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel.
(b) Sergeant Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

5. 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?
(a) An AK-47.
(b) An M-16.
(c) The Kevlar protection gear.
(d) One of the Bradley vehicles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the sheik tell the men from the CA unit to call him in Chapter 14?

4. What tribal leader has complained in the beginning of Chapter 14 that the Coalition was not protecting his people and that a number of young men from his area had been killed when they entered Fallujah?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom do Perry’s team have tea with in Chapter 9? What do they learn from this character?

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

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. Why is the CA unit to remain in the Green Zone for a period of time in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Perry’s team go next in the pursuit of their mission after Major Sessions returns to camp in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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