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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the song that Jonesy writes about the sandstorm in Chapter 4?
(a) “I Hate Your Mother Worse Than I Hate This Sand Blues.”
(b) “Yesterday’s Blues and Tomorrow’s Rainbows.”
(c) “It’s a Long Way to Yesterday and a Longer Way til Tomorrow.”
(d) “I Wanna Sing You a Song Baby That Ain’t the Blues.”

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

3. Harris says that he served on tour where in the first Gulf War in Chapter 6?
(a) Iran.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Qatar.

4. Sergeant Harris is described in Chapter 2 as “a black soldier who had switched to Civil Affairs from” where?
(a) “Halfmaster.”
(b) “Quartermaster.”
(c) “The Marines.”
(d) “The Navy Seals.”

5. What is the date listed on Private Perry’s letter to Uncle Richie in Chapter 5?
(a) March 30, 2002.
(b) May 12, 2003.
(c) September 16, 2003.
(d) March 25, 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Corporal Eddie Evans say he is from originally in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 2, the narrator states that “There were special detachments created for Medical, Construction, and Intelligence.” The Medical detachment people are said to be led by whom?

4. The narrator describes watching a film about Saddam Hussein in Chapter 2. What people in the film are described as having been gassed?

5. What is the name of the colonel that enters with Major Sessions at the meeting in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Private Perry’s team put up for the night in the end of Chapter 5? Why does Jonesy come to visit Perry in the night?

2. How is the setting of An Nasiriyah described in Chapter 5? Where is the hospital set up?

3. What has made Corporal Victor Rios upset in Chapter 7?

4. To whom does Private Perry write a letter at the end of Chapter 2? What is revealed in the letter?

5. Who is the narrator of the main narrative in the novel? Where has this character arrived in the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. How is the convoy into Iraq described by Private Perry in Chapter 4?

7. What mission does Private Perry’s team receive in Chapter 5? What does Private Perry learn during this mission?

8. How does Private Perry describe the films that the soldiers watch in Chapter 2?

9. What assignments do the team members receive in Chapter 2?

10. Where is Perry’s Civil Affairs unit stationed in Chapter 6? Who appears at the meeting here?

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