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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 did Jerry Egri live before he left for the military?
2. 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?
3. What term from Chapter 14 refers to a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe with long, flexible tubes that draw the smoke through the water contained in a bowl?
4. What soldier from PSYOP is described in Chapter 12 as “A tall guy, he played poker wearing a cowboy hat and chewing on a skinny cigar that wiggled up and down when he talked”?
5. What does the acronym “IED” refer to in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who makes the discovery of the detonators in Chapter 10? Where are they located?
2. What occurs as Private Perry and the others are returning to “The Bubble” after the tour in Chapter 8?
3. Whom do Perry’s team have tea with in Chapter 9? What do they learn from this character?
4. What mission is the CA unit given in Chapter 14? Who will accompany them on the mission?
5. What does the CA unit do during their time in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?
6. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?
7. What causes the argument between Jonesy and Sergeant Harris in Chapter 10?
8. What mission is related to the CA unit from Major Sessions in Chapter 11?
9. Who informs the CA unit that they are to remain in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?
10. How is the setting where Private Perry goes on tour with Corporal Kennedy described in Chapter 8?
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 and discuss the setting of An Najaf. How many people live in this city? How does the narrator compare this setting to the settings of Baghdad and other locales seen in the first five chapters of the novel?
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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