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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The name that is given to the stuffed monkey in Chapter 9 is a character name from what World War II novel?
(a) A Farewell to Arms.
(b) Slaughterhouse-Five.
(c) Catch-22.
(d) The Naked and the Dead.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?
(a) Yurt.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Igloo.
(d) Bivouac.

3. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Euphrates River.
(c) The Nile River.
(d) The Tigris River.

4. What is the name of the field interpreter for the narrator’s team in Chapter 2?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) Ahmed Sabbat.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do “MPs” refer to in the narrative?

2. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?

3. After reading the letter from his mother in Chapter 7, Private Perry thinks about how she said he was always what type of individual?

4. Who is the driver in the Second Squad in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name that the narrator says “we called the Special Ops guys who went on secret missions in enemy territory,” in Chapter 2?

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