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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

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) “Kazimayn.”
(d) “An Najaf.”

2. What does “MRE” stand for in the narrative?
(a) “Missing Relay Edict.”
(b) “Metal Restrictor Envoy.”
(c) “Meal, Read-to-Eat.”
(d) “Missing Recon Eviction.”

3. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?
(a) Specialist Darcy.
(b) Captain Miller.
(c) Sergeant Harris.
(d) Captain Coles.

4. The lines of the song that the narrator thinks of as his squad drives into Iraq are “Check out the real situation / Nation war against nation / When did it all begin? / When will it end?” These lyrics are from a song by whom?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Jackie Gleason.

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) Colonel King.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Corporal Rios.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character who introduces herself as Major Spring Sessions says in the opening of Chapter 1, “Gentlemen, ladies, welcome to” what location?

2. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does the narrator say Marla Kennedy found in one of the outhouses in Chapter 6?

5. Who does Jonesy describe as a “blues dude” that made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for some guitar licks in Chapter 3?

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