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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.”

2. What are the names of Corporal Pendleton’s daughters?
(a) Kayla and Karen.
(b) Sarah and Sally.
(c) Michelle and Mary.
(d) Elizabeth and Marie.

3. 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) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

4. The first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) was waged by a U.N. coalition force of 34 nations against Iraq in response to what?
(a) The 9/11 attacks.
(b) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
(c) Iraq’s invasion of Libya.
(d) Iraq’s invasion of Iran.

5. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A Humvee.
(b) Port-O-Potties.
(c) A church.
(d) A school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jonesy points out in Chapter 11 that the “Euphrates River looks blue and the Tigris looks” what color?

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

4. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?

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?

(see the answer key)

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