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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what was the LT doing when a major came to the platoon?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Tending an injured soldier.
(d) Patrolling.

2. In Chapter 8, what was the name of the mountain where Murph used to work?
(a) Mount Rodgers.
(b) Shipp Mountain.
(c) McAfee's Knob.
(d) Hawksbill Mountain.

3. In Chapter 9, how long had it been since Bartle had been sober?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) A few days.
(d) A month or two.

4. Where was Bartle and other soldiers accessed for reentry to civilian life?
(a) Kirkuk.
(b) Iran.
(c) Bagdad.
(d) Kuwait.

5. When did the events in Chapter 6 take place?
(a) October 2004.
(b) August 2004.
(c) September 2004.
(d) July 2004.

6. What exercise did Bartle get in Chapter 7?
(a) Two miles to the country store for beer.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Walking around town.
(d) Lifting weights at the gym.

7. What time of day was it at the end of Chapter 8, after Bartle helped carry a female medic's body to the other medics?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) Sunset.

8. In Chapter 6, how did Bartle describe the enemy they found dead?
(a) 3 men in their 20s or 30s.
(b) 2 boys about sixteen.
(c) A teenager and a man in his 20s.
(d) 2 older men in their 30s.

9. What bird did Bartle hear as Captain Anderson questioned him in Chapter 9?
(a) Robin.
(b) Whip-poor-will.
(c) Blue jay.
(d) Sparrow.

10. When Bartle and other solider were assessed for reentry to civilian life, in what direction were they from Al Tafar?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

11. In Chapter 8, where did Sterling say that Murph had been spending his time?
(a) FOB.
(b) Hajji market.
(c) DFAC.
(d) Medics's station.

12. In Chapter 6, how many pairs of boots did Bartle say could be heard in the dust when the men ran toward the orchard?
(a) 39.
(b) 40 or so.
(c) 42 or so.
(d) 50.

13. In Chapter 7, what smells did Bartle remember from Iraq?
(a) Rotten food and burning buildings.
(b) Sewage and decaying bodies.
(c) Burning buildings and decaying bodies.
(d) Metal and burning garbage.

14. What color hair did a female medic have in Chapter 8?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

15. In Chapter 6 as Bartle went through the empty city with the other soldiers, who was the only one around?
(a) Little girl.
(b) Old woman.
(c) Old man.
(d) Teenage boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Bartle try to befriend in Chapter 9?

2. How many little marks that indicated Murph had been there did Bartle find in Chapter 8?

3. Where does Bartle find Murph in Chapter 8?

4. At the end of Chapter 9, what did Bartle throw in the river?

5. In Chapter 7, in what type of tree did Bartle find his initials carved?

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