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

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

3. Private Robin Perry says that he is from where originally in Chapter 1?
(a) Stone Mountain, Georgia.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Dix Hills, New York.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

4. When Perry’s team arrives at the bombed school in Chapter 6, the troops that are patrolling the area are from where, according to Captain Coles?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Peru.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What are the initials that are tattooed on Lopez’s hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. What is the First Squad painting at the Iraqi military school in the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. How old does Captain Coles say he was when he joined the army in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Captain Coles have the soldiers state when he calls roll in Chapter 1?

4. What is related in the letter that comprises the Prologue of the novel?

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

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

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

8. For how long is the convoy held back due to the sandstorm in Chapter 4? Where do they go once the storm passes?

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

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

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