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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what color dress did Murph's girl wear in a photograph he had of the two of them?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Lavender.

2. In Chapter 5, where did Bartle think that soldiers would go when they felt lonely amongst the celebrations for their return?
(a) Deserted roads.
(b) Underbrush.
(c) Back porches.
(d) Busy highways.

3. Where is Bartle from?
(a) California.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Illinois.

4. What was the name of the priest at the cathedral where Bartle went in Chapter 3?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Richard.
(c) Peter.
(d) Bernard.

5. In Chapter 2, what does Bartle say was Sterling's rank when they met?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Staff Sergeant.
(c) Specialist.
(d) Corporal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 after the colonel's speech, what percent security did the LT say the troops would be on?

2. How old was Sgt. Ezekiel Vasquez when he was killed by small-arms fire in Baqubah, Iraq?

3. In Chapter 1, what color jalopies did people ride in in Al Tafar?

4. By September, how many soldiers had been killed?

5. In Chapter 1, how many days did Bartle and Murph crawl along the rooftop grit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bartle say about memories in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 1, who was Spc. Miriam Jackson, and how did she die?

3. How many had the war killed by September in Chapter 1?

4. When Bartle lays down at the end of Chapter 5, what was going through his mind?

5. How did Bartle describe a photograph that he saw of Murph and his girlfriend?

6. What does Bartle say about Sterling in Chapter 2?

7. At the end of Chapter 2, what did Sterling do to Bartle and why?

8. What did Bartle think about when he looked at the battalion scattered throughout the plane from Germany?

9. What did Murph and Bartle hear in Chapter 4 as the night grew cool?

10. In Chapter 5, how did Bartle describe what he saw as he stared out the window after the plane came to the Atlantic Ocean?

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