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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 Private Perry’s mother?
(a) Julie Perry.
(b) Sarah Perry.
(c) Jackie Perry.
(d) Martha Perry.

2. Where is Corporal Marla Kennedy from originally?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Dix Hills, New York.
(c) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(d) Harlem, New York.

3. What is being used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Iraqi civilians when the narrator’s squad arrives as backup for the medics in Chapter 5?
(a) A mosque.
(b) A café.
(c) A school.
(d) An ambassador’s house.

4. What river runs through Baghdad?
(a) The Tigris River.
(b) The Thames River.
(c) The Nile River.
(d) The Euphrates River.

5. 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) Jamil Sidqi al-Tikrit.
(c) Ahmed Sabbat.
(d) Halima Telfah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots and kills the injured man that begins shooting at the narrator’s squad with a pistol in Chapter 5?

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

3. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 6 that they are currently located “at some Iraqi military school not far from” what airport?

4. Who shows Private Perry a photograph of his little girls who are described as “two redheaded girls, about three or four” in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What characters does Private Perry befriend in Chapter 1? By what nickname is he called?

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

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

4. What is the main concern of Private Perry and the soldiers as they prepare to enter Iraq in Chapter 3?

5. Who brings a television to Private Perry’s tent in Chapter 7? What do the soldiers watch?

6. What hopes and fears does Private Perry relate to the reader in the opening of Chapter 3?

7. What does Private Perry receive at mail call in Chapter 7?

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

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

10. Who acts as translator for the Civil Affairs unit in Chapter 4? What is discovered once the team arrives in An Nasiriyah?

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