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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. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?
2. In the soccer game that Jonesy sets up in Chapter 12, who agrees to get Third Squad to play if he can be the goalie?
3. According to the narrator in Chapter 11, “For every one of the coalition people that got killed, there were” how many dead Iraqis?
4. Captain Coles comes to inform Perry’s unit after sunset in Chapter 10 that they will be escorting some Intelligence guys to a place in what district before sunrise?
5. When the CA unit watches cartoons and decides to map out a plan for Wile E. Coyote to finally trap the Road Runner in Chapter 12, they develop a set of specs to send to what corporation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event takes place as Perry’s convoy is backed up in a line of vehicles in Chapter 12?
2. Where is Private Perry invited to go on a tour with Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8?
3. How is the setting of the meeting site described in Chapter 14? Who leads the discussion with the sheikh?
4. What sports game takes place in Chapter 12? What is the purpose of the event?
5. Who informs the CA unit that they are to remain in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?
6. What does Corporal Rios find when he opens the package from eBay in Chapter 9?
7. Where does Perry’s team go next in the pursuit of their mission after Major Sessions returns to camp in Chapter 11?
8. Where are the First, Second, and Third Squads of the CA unit sent in the end of Chapter 14? How is this setting described by Jonesy?
9. Where does Perry’s unit go first in order to pursue their mission in Chapter 11? Who acts as translator?
10. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the members and duties of the soldiers in the First, Second, and Third Squads of the CA unit in Chapter 2. What squad is Private Perry assigned to? Who are his teammates in this squad? Who is the gunner?
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 Private Perry’s relationship with his father and his father’s ambitions for Perry to attend college. How does Private Perry feel about the concept of going to school as he writes to Uncle Richie in Chapter 6?
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