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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. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?
3. Major Sessions tells the CA unit about their next mission in the beginning of Chapter 11. Their mission is to help an Iraqi woman locate her lost son. How old is the boy?
4. What are the names of Corporal Pendleton’s daughters?
5. When Private Perry is preparing to go to a mosque with some chaplains and Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8, he asks several people from his unit what they’d like him to bring back. Corporal Danforth says that he wants what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jonesy say he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?
2. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?
3. Who does Captain Coles introduce to the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 10?
4. How does Private Perry come to rescue Captain Miller in Chapter 14?
5. Why is the CA unit to remain in the Green Zone for a period of time in Chapter 13?
6. Where does Perry’s team go next in the pursuit of their mission after Major Sessions returns to camp in Chapter 11?
7. What mission is related to the CA unit from Major Sessions in Chapter 11?
8. What does Corporal Rios find when he opens the package from eBay in Chapter 9?
9. Whom do Perry’s team have tea with in Chapter 9? What do they learn from this character?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss Saddam Hussein and the history of Iraq’s military operations prior to the Iraq War. What political, cultural, and religious factions can be seen in Iraq at this time? What is Iraq’s history of warfare with neighboring countries like?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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