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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Corporal Rios receives a large package in the beginning of Chapter 9, the return address is from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Wyoming.

2. What is the name of the song that Jonesy writes about the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) “It’s a Long Way to Yesterday and a Longer Way til Tomorrow.”
(b) “Yesterday’s Blues and Tomorrow’s Rainbows.”
(c) “I Hate Your Mother Worse Than I Hate This Sand Blues.”
(d) “I Wanna Sing You a Song Baby That Ain’t the Blues.”

3. What battalion is described as “the main CA support group attached to the 3rd Infantry” in Chapter 9?
(a) The 322nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(b) The 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
(c) The 104th Civil Affairs Battalion.
(d) The 203rd Civil Affairs Battalion.

4. For how many days does the sandstorm last in Chapter 4?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

5. What television station does the narrator’s squad pick up after stopping to camp for the night in Iraq in Chapter 4?
(a) CBS.
(b) CNN.
(c) FOX.
(d) NBC.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?

2. What is the date listed on Private Perry’s letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 5?

3. Who is described as “one of the intelligence guys” that has lost the use of his camera due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4?

4. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?

5. Who receives a letter in the beginning of Chapter 7 and begins cursing over its contents?

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