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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 is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?

2. What river runs through Baghdad?

3. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?

4. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?

5. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Private Perry receive at mail call in Chapter 7?

2. How does Private Perry describe the setting and mission they embark on in Chapter 6?

3. What mission does Private Perry’s team receive in Chapter 6?

4. What does Private Perry say of the speeches made by the officers in Chapter 3?

5. Where is Private Perry’s team put up for the night in the end of Chapter 5? Why does Jonesy come to visit Perry in the night?

6. How is the setting of An Nasiriyah described in Chapter 5? Where is the hospital set up?

7. What is related in the letter that comprises the Prologue of the novel?

8. How does Private Perry describe the films that the soldiers watch in Chapter 2?

9. What is the main concern of Private Perry and the soldiers as they prepare to enter Iraq in Chapter 3?

10. Who acts as translator for the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 4? What is discovered once the team arrives in An Nasiriyah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the terrorist attacks that took place in New York and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001 and the declaration of war between the United States and Iraq in March of 2003. How many people were killed in the terrorist attacks? What were the objectives of the war in Iraq when it first began? How did the 9/11 attacks influence Private Perry’s decision to join the military?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Civil Affairs unit within the Army and the objectives of the CA unit in the War in Iraq. What objectives does Captain Coles lay out for the CA unit in Chapter 1? How do these objectives change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of fear and courage in Sunrise Over Fallujah. How do these themes apply to the protagonist? How do they apply to Jonesy and the other soldiers in the narrative? What symbols relate to these themes in the narrative?

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