View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym “RPG” refer to in the narrative?
(a) “Respected Public Guard.”
(b) “Retrograde Personnel Garrison.”
(c) “Rocket-Propelled Grenade.”
(d) “Radio-Protected Garrison.”

2. Where does the narrator say he and his squad spent the rest of the afternoon in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) Kazimayn.
(b) Abu Ghraib.
(c) An Nasiriyah.
(d) An Najaf.

3. What does Ahmed call the redbrick mound that “seemed almost to shimmer in the bright sunlight” and where the Mesopotamians supposedly built shrines, in Chapter 9?
(a) A charlatan.
(b) A prism.
(c) A ziggurat.
(d) An oasis.

4. Where does Jonesy say that Oprah Winfrey got her name in Chapter 9?
(a) From a blues song.
(b) From the Bible.
(c) From African folklore.
(d) From a women’s magazine.

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) Corporal Pendleton.
(b) Lieutenant Nelson.
(c) Halima Telfah.
(d) Corporal Rios.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first Gulf War (“Operation Desert Storm”) was waged by a U.N. coalition force of 34 nations against Iraq in response to what?

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

4. What is the name of Edie Law’s oldest daughter, according to the letter from Perry’s mother in Chapter 7?

5. The letter that is presented in the novel’s Prologue is dated when?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample