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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fighting vehicle is described in Chapter 4 as “a big tank-looking affair with a mounted cannon”?
(a) A Humvee.
(b) A Water Buffalo.
(c) A Bradley.
(d) A Canyoneer.

2. What is the name of the medic that has a bandage over her head when the narrator’s squad arrives at the makeshift hospital in Chapter 5?
(a) Owens.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Walker.

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

4. What does Corporal Charlie Jones give as his hometown in Chapter 1?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Stone Mountain, Georgia.

5. It is discussed between the narrator and his team in Chapter 3 the possibility of a battle between the Sunnis and what other sect?
(a) The Hindus.
(b) The Mevlevi Order.
(c) The Shiites.
(d) The Kurds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Perry’s team arrives at the bombed school in Chapter 6, the troops that are patrolling the area are from where, according to Captain Coles?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the Special Ops guy who arrives for escort with Lieutenant Davis in Chapter 10?

4. The letter that Private Perry receives from his mother in Chapter 7 is dated when?

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

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