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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his letter in the Prologue, Robin says he is less than a hundred miles from what country’s border?
(a) Iran.
(b) Syria.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Lebanon.

2. What is the Arabic news station called that has shown some of the prisoners that have been taken in Chapter 4?
(a) Abu Ghraib.
(b) Kazimayn.
(c) An Nasiriyah.
(d) Al Jazeera.

3. 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) Saddam Hussein’s statue.
(b) The statue of Jalibah.
(c) The Wall of China.
(d) The Berlin Wall.

4. Private Perry’s mother says in her letter in Chapter 7 that Perry’s father still thinks he is how old?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

5. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Corporal Rios.
(d) Halima Telfah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Private Perry’s mother?

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

4. In the letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7, she relates that what individual at church didn’t believe Perry was in the army because he was too young?

5. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?

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