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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. How old is Captain Coles’s daughter that has been hospitalized in Chapter 12?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Birdy says in Chapter 11 that they took Ahmed from their unit for the week and “sent him over to where they were setting up a jail or holding pen at” what location?
5. What is the term used in Chapter 8 to refer to the person who leads prayers in a mosque?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Perry contemplate of the complexity of their situation in Iraq in Chapter 13?
2. How does Private Perry come to rescue Captain Miller in Chapter 14?
3. Whom do Perry’s team have tea with in Chapter 9? What do they learn from this character?
4. What event takes place as Perry’s convoy is backed up in a line of vehicles in Chapter 12?
5. What mission is related to the CA unit from Major Sessions in Chapter 11?
6. What does Jonesy say he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?
7. Where does Private Perry’s CA unit find success in their mission in Chapter 11?
8. Where is Private Perry invited to go on a tour with Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8?
9. What game does Private Perry play with the Iraqi children in Al-Uhaimir in Chapter 9?
10. What does the CA unit do during their time in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the sense of danger, mistrust, and fear that can be seen in Private Perry and the other main characters in the novel. How does Perry say the “Rules of Engagement” apply differently to the opponent? Why is this frustrating for the American troops?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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