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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Nasiriyah.”
(b) “Al Jazeera.”
(c) “An Najaf.”
(d) “Kazimayn.”

2. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?
(a) “Shooting back.”
(b) “Diving down.”
(c) “Calling the cops.”
(d) “Jumping up.”

3. What is being used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Iraqi civilians when the narrator’s squad arrives as backup for the medics in Chapter 5?
(a) A café.
(b) A mosque.
(c) A school.
(d) An ambassador’s house.

4. What does “KIA” represent in the narrative?
(a) Killed in Absence.
(b) Killed in Action.
(c) Kullen Iraqi Authority.
(d) Kruger Indian Authority.

5. In Chapter 3, the narrator says that the troops just heard a lecture from what individual “who was in charge of all Civil Affairs in the area”?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corporal Charlie Jones give as his hometown in Chapter 1?

2. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a temporary camp without tents or cover, used by soldiers?

4. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?

5. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?

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