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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 says in Chapter 8 that if he could, he would take all of what back to Georgia and teach them the blues?
(a) The Iraqi men.
(b) The Kurds.
(c) The Iraqi children.
(d) The Iraqi children.

2. Where does Jonesy say they’re going out again in Chapter 12, which the narrator describes as running “through some of the worst territory for ambushes in Iraq”?
(a) Highway 10.
(b) Highway 7.
(c) Highway 20.
(d) Highway 4.

3. Where does Corporal Danforth say he’s from when Jonesy interviews him in Chapter 8?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) San Jose, California.

4. When the CA unit is informed that they are not to leave the Green Zone in small numbers, Captain Coles goes to find out what happened at Corporal Kennedy’s request in Chapter 13. He returns with news that a marine unit found a bunch of civilians dead where?
(a) In a mosque.
(b) In a garage.
(c) In a political hall.
(d) In a cemetery.

5. What does Jerry Egri say he did back home in Chapter 12?
(a) He was a country musician.
(b) He was a chef.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He taught kindergarten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Private Perry take out a subscription to in Chapter 13?

2. 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?

3. Private Perry describes seeing a whole truckload of notebooks and school supplies that arrived for the Iraqi children from where in the U.S. in Chapter 14?

4. When the CA unit watches cartoons and decides to map out a plan for Wile E. Coyote to finally trap the Road Runner in Chapter 12, they develop a set of specs to send to what corporation?

5. In Chapter 14, Private Perry and his friends discuss how much they wish they could take their equipment back home with them. What item does Perry say he’d most like to take back?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Jerry Egri described in Chapter 12?

2. Where are the First, Second, and Third Squads of the CA unit sent in the end of Chapter 14? How is this setting described by Jonesy?

3. What game does Private Perry play with the Iraqi children in Al-Uhaimir in Chapter 9?

4. What occurs as Private Perry and the others are returning to “The Bubble” after the tour in Chapter 8?

5. What event takes place as Perry’s convoy is backed up in a line of vehicles in Chapter 12?

6. Who informs the CA unit that they are to remain in the Green Zone in Chapter 13?

7. What does Jonesy say he likes about Iraq in Chapter 8?

8. Why does Corporal Rios say he ordered a monkey from eBay in Chapter 9?

9. What does Corporal Rios find when he opens the package from eBay in Chapter 9?

10. Where does Perry’s team go next in the pursuit of their mission after Major Sessions returns to camp in Chapter 11?

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