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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Robin describes Jonesy as a guy in his unit from where in the letter in the Prologue?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Mississippi.

3. Jonesy tells the narrator in Chapter 3, “Most of my training was about” doing what “when you heard gunfire”?
(a) “Jumping up.”
(b) “Calling the cops.”
(c) “Diving down.”
(d) “Shooting back.”

4. Where does the prisoner that the narrator’s squad takes say he learned to speak English in Chapter 5?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?
(a) “Rasheed Airport.”
(b) “An Numaniyah Airport.”
(c) “Erbil International Airport.”
(d) “Bashur Airport.”

6. 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) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
(b) Iraq’s invasion of Libya.
(c) Iraq’s invasion of Iran.
(d) The 9/11 attacks.

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

8. What is the name that the narrator says “we called the Special Ops guys who went on secret missions in enemy territory,” in Chapter 2?
(a) “The Hoodlums.”
(b) “The Posse.”
(c) “The Jackknives.”
(d) “The Clowns.”

9. Where is Corporal Phil Pendleton said to be from in Chapter 1?
(a) Leetown, West Virginia.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Harlem, New York.

10. What do “MPs” refer to in the narrative?
(a) Machine Pumps.
(b) Military Police.
(c) Masked Persons.
(d) Marked Persons.

11. To whom is the letter addressed in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) Uncle Richie.
(b) Dad.
(c) Aunt Sarah.
(d) Mom.

12. 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?
(a) Nat King Cole.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Berry Blackwater.
(d) Muhammad Latif Al-Sadah.

13. Who is described in Chapter 6 as “Saddam’s fourth or fifth cousin” that “spoke a little English and was between one hundred and two hundred years old”?
(a) Captain Coles.
(b) Halima Telfah.
(c) Ahmed Sabbat.
(d) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.

14. How old does Jean Darcy say her great-grandmother is in Chapter 3?
(a) 80 years old.
(b) 75 years old.
(c) 90 years old.
(d) 85 years old.

15. 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?
(a) Sister Watkins.
(b) Sister Ross.
(c) Sister Anderson.
(d) Sister Jenkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date listed on Private Perry’s letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 5?

2. What does “KIA” represent in the narrative?

3. What month is it said to be in Chapter 2?

4. Who comprises the Second Squad when they take off for Iraq in Chapter 3?

5. Who is the baseball player on the Yankees t-shirt that one of the Iraqi children is wearing in Chapter 5?

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