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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Corporal Charlie Jones give as his hometown in Chapter 1?
2. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?
3. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?
4. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?
5. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is related in the letter that comprises the Prologue of the novel?
2. Who brings a television to Private Perry’s tent in Chapter 7? What do the soldiers watch?
3. What does Private Perry say of the speeches made by the officers in Chapter 3?
4. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?
5. What does Private Perry receive at mail call in Chapter 7?
6. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?
7. What has made Corporal Victor Rios upset in Chapter 7?
8. What leads to the death of the Iraqi boy in Chapter 4? How does Private Perry respond?
9. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?
10. For how long is the convoy held back due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4? Where do they go once the storm passes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of An Nasiriyah. How populous is this city? How much fighting has been taking place here? How does Private Perry compare this setting to Doha by the Sea?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Corporal Victor Rios in the novel. Where is Corporal Rios from? What does the reader learn about his home life in Chapter 7? Where is Rios later transferred? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Detail the hierarchy of leadership within Private Perry’s CA unit and squad. Who oversees the entire CA unit? Where does Private Perry fall in the hierarchy of power? What is Major Session’s role in the unit?
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