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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 6 that “the guys from the 3rd ID and the 4th Marines were bopping around Baghdad and getting on television” because they had been present when what was torn down?
(a) The Berlin Wall.
(b) The statue of Jalibah.
(c) The Wall of China.
(d) Saddam Hussein’s statue.

2. The stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios receives in the mail in Chapter 9 is what kind of monkey, according to Captain Miller?
(a) A spider monkey.
(b) An African vervet.
(c) A Columbian tamarin.
(d) A capuchin monkey.

3. Word has come down that Major Sessions was passed up for a promotion to what title in Chapter 11?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel.
(c) Sergeant Colonel.
(d) General.

4. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?
(a) A camel spider.
(b) A wolf spider.
(c) A black widow spider.
(d) A banana spider.

5. When learning about the civilian executions in Chapter 13, Private Perry thinks back to a basketball game he’d played against what high school?
(a) Lane High School.
(b) Wilson High School.
(c) Rutgers High School.
(d) Jackson High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term used in Chapter 8 to refer to the person who leads prayers in a mosque?

2. Who is described in Chapter 6 as “Saddam’s fourth or fifth cousin” that “spoke a little English and was between one hundred and two hundred years old”?

3. What term is used in Chapter 9 to describe “a 400-gallon water carrier that could be hitched onto the back of a truck”?

4. What regiment is described as the first confirmed casualties in Chapter 4?

5. Captain Coles says to Private Perry in Chapter 13 regarding the war, “It teaches you things, though. What it’s taught me is” what?

(see the answer key)

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