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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 word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?
2. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?
3. Major Spring Sessions tells the unit in Chapter 1 that their entire detachment is made up of about how many people?
4. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?
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. For how long is the convoy held back due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4? Where do they go once the storm passes?
2. 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?
3. How is the setting of An Nasiriyah described in Chapter 5? Where is the hospital set up?
4. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?
5. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?
6. How does Private Perry describe the films that the soldiers watch in Chapter 2?
7. What does Private Perry reveal in his letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 6?
8. Where is Perry’s Civil Affairs unit stationed in Chapter 6? Who appears at the meeting here?
9. What does Private Perry relate to his Uncle Richie via letter in Chapter 5?
10. Who comprises the Second Squad in Chapter 2? Who is on the Third Squad?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s use of literary and religious allusion in the novel. What novels and works of literature are described and how do they relate to Sunrise Over Fallujah thematically? Why is the novel Catch-22 alluded to, and by whom?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the character of Private Robin Perry as the narrator and protagonist of the novel. How would you describe Private Perry’s narrative and language style? Do you find this character to be likable upon your initial impressions? How do you relate to the character?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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