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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) ALKN.
(b) AMGG.
(c) DRGE.
(d) LIJS.

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

3. What is the hometown of Sergeant Robert Harris, as noted in Chapter 1?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Dix Hills, New York.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

4. When Captain Coles tells the narrator that they’re changing direction in Chapter 5, he explains, “The 204th Medical called asking for some help south of” what location?
(a) “An Najaf.”
(b) “Al Jazeera.”
(c) “An Nasiriyah.”
(d) “Kazimayn.”

5. Who says in Chapter 3, “What we got to do over here is to kill all of them and let God sort them out”?
(a) Corporal Rios.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?

2. Who from the Third Squad is described in Chapter 2 as “a really quiet guy… who had worked in a rehabilitation center in civilian life”?

3. Along what river do the narrator and his squad travel as they head northeast in Chapter 5?

4. The narrator describes watching a film about Saddam Hussein in Chapter 2. What people in the film are described as having been gassed?

5. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?

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