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1. How many had the war killed by September in Chapter 1?

By September, thousands of civilians had been killed by the war. The war had tried to kill the soldiers as well, but fewer than 1,000 soldiers had been killed by September.

2. In Chapter 1, what had Bartle, Murph, and the other soldiers been doing for four days?

For four days Bartle, Murph, and the other soldiers had been crawling along rooftop grit. They slipped and slidded on a carpeting of loose brass castings left from the fighting the day before. They curled themselves into absurd shapes and huddled below the whitewashed walls of their position. They stayed awake on amphetamines and fear.

3. In Chapter 1, who was Malik and what happened to him?

Malik was an interpreter, who was a student at the university before the war. He wore a hood over his face, because if anyone knew that he was helping the Americans, he and his family would be killed. He was shot and died.

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