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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who speaks English and has invited Captain Miller and the others to tea in Chapter 9?
(a) Halima Telfah.
(b) An Najaf.
(c) An Nasiriyah.
(d) Major Sessions.

2. What name is given to the stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios received in the mail in Chapter 9?
(a) Sergeant Walters.
(b) Sergeant Yossarian.
(c) Colonel White.
(d) Captain Jackson.

3. When Private Perry is preparing to go to a mosque with some chaplains and Corporal Kennedy in Chapter 8, he asks several people from his unit what they’d like him to bring back. Corporal Danforth says that he wants what?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) A woman wearing a burka.
(c) A woman with three breasts.
(d) A puppy dog.

4. What is the name of the Special Ops guy who arrives for escort with Lieutenant Davis in Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Nelson.
(b) Corporal Pendleton.
(c) Corporal Lawler.
(d) Colonel King.

5. Who does Perry say had painted some Iraqi people and scenes using watercolors in Chapter 14?
(a) Corporal Pendleton.
(b) Specialist Darcy.
(c) Colonel King.
(d) Lieutenant Nelson.

6. Lieutenant Davis says in Chapter 10, “These people here have been at war for the last twenty or so years. Before they invaded Kuwait they were fighting with” whom?
(a) “Israel.”
(b) “Turkey.”
(c) “Lebanon.”
(d) “Iran.”

7. The stuffed monkey that Corporal Rios receives in the mail in Chapter 9 is what kind of monkey, according to Captain Miller?
(a) A spider monkey.
(b) An African vervet.
(c) A capuchin monkey.
(d) A Columbian tamarin.

8. Captain Coles comes to inform Perry’s unit after sunset in Chapter 10 that they will be escorting some Intelligence guys to a place in what district before sunrise?
(a) The Kazimayn district.
(b) The An Nasiriyah district.
(c) The Al-Uhaimir district.
(d) The Rusafa district.

9. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Djellaba.
(b) Bashuka.
(c) Burka.
(d) Sari.

10. What is the name of the chaplain that comes over and tells Perry’s unit how proud the folks back home are of them after the soccer game in Chapter 12?
(a) Chaplain Harris.
(b) Chaplain Nichols.
(c) Chaplain Darcy.
(d) Chaplain Sabbat.

11. In the soccer game that Jonesy sets up in Chapter 12, who agrees to get Third Squad to play if he can be the goalie?
(a) Corporal Rios.
(b) Colonel King.
(c) Lieutenant Nelson.
(d) Corporal Pendleton.

12. What idiom does Major Scott use when talking to the sheik to describe cooperation in Chapter 14?
(a) “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
(b) “We scratch each others’ backs.”
(c) “Killing two birds with one stone.”
(d) “One hand washes the other.”

13. Where does Corporal Kennedy describe growing up in Chapter 10?
(a) A wealthy estate.
(b) A mental hospital.
(c) A foster home.
(d) A nunnery.

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

15. How many men are arrested at the home where the detonators are found in Chapter 10?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When learning about the civilian executions in Chapter 13, Private Perry thinks back to a basketball game he’d played against what high school?

3. What woman soldier from the 507th is said to have been possibly raped during her capture in Chapter 8?

4. Jonesy says he was in jail once in his life because he’d been charged with what crime in Chapter 11?

5. Who initially refuses to give Jonesy any painkillers for his toothache in Chapter 13?

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